K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 8994

152 lybrightness mag 6.06G8IV

Also catalogued as HD 222805 · HIP 117105

4,970 K

temperature

6.06

apparent magnitude

7.11× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

152 years

at light speed from Earth

0.86×

as hot as the Sun

7.11×

the Sun's light output

2.72

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8994K-type

Sky regionTucanathis direction

Nearest stars

Eta Tuc →17 ly apart
HR 8527 →20 ly apart
HR 8547 →22 ly apart
HD 218497 →23 ly apart
Bet3Tuc →23 ly apart
HR 8769 →25 ly apart

Bright stars in Tucana

Lang-Exster →mag 2.9
Gam Tuc →mag 4.0
Zet Tuc →mag 4.2
Kap Tuc →mag 4.3
Bet1Tuc →mag 4.4
Eps Tuc →mag 4.5
Del Tuc →mag 4.5
Bet2Tuc →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Tucana

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.