K-type star · orange

HR 8879

369 lybrightness mag 6.17K0III

Also catalogued as HD 220035 · HIP 115257

4,539 K

temperature

6.17

apparent magnitude

37.95× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

369 years

at light speed from Earth

0.79×

as hot as the Sun

37.95×

the Sun's light output

0.90

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8879K-type

Sky regionAquariusthis direction

Nearest stars

93Psi2Aqr →40 ly apart
HR 8727 →44 ly apart
9 Psc →46 ly apart
HR 8856 →47 ly apart
73Lam Aqr →50 ly apart
HR 8979 →52 ly apart

Bright stars in Aquarius

Sadalsuud →mag 2.9
Sadalmelik →mag 3.0
Skat →mag 3.3
55Zet1Aqr →mag 3.6
Safina →mag 3.7
73Lam Aqr →mag 3.7
Albali →mag 3.8
Sadachbia →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.