K-type star · orange

HR 8972

327 lybrightness mag 5.98G8III

Also catalogued as HD 222387 · HIP 116728

5,026 K

temperature

5.98

apparent magnitude

35.61× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

327 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

35.61×

the Sun's light output

0.97

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8972K-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

21 Cas →35 ly apart
HR 20 →39 ly apart
HR 9013 →42 ly apart
HR 9104 →47 ly apart
HR 278 →50 ly apart
HR 8702 →55 ly apart

Bright stars in Cepheus

Alderamin →mag 2.5
Errai →mag 3.2
Alfirk →mag 3.2
21Zet Cep →mag 3.4
3Eta Cep →mag 3.4
32Iot Cep →mag 3.5
27Del Cep →mag 4.1
23Eps Cep →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cepheus

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.