K-type star · orange

HR 8979

349 lybrightness mag 5.89K0III

Also catalogued as HD 222493 · HIP 116853

4,781 K

temperature

5.89

apparent magnitude

43.97× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

349 years

at light speed from Earth

0.83×

as hot as the Sun

43.97×

the Sun's light output

0.74

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8979K-type

Sky regionAquariusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8946 →33 ly apart
HD 222125 →43 ly apart
HR 9009 →45 ly apart
HR 8816 →50 ly apart
106 Aqr →51 ly apart
HR 8879 →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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.