A-type star · white star

17 Hya

17 Hya is a white star in the constellation Hydra 289 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,011 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 25.47× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 289 years ago.

289 lybrightness mag 6.07A3

Also catalogued as HR 3552 · HD 76369 · HIP 43822

8,011 K
temperature
6.07
apparent magnitude
25.47× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
289 years
at light speed from Earth
1.39×
as hot as the Sun
25.47×
the Sun's light output
1.33
absolute magnitude
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17 HyaA-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
Star21 Hya22 ly
Star3 Hya29 ly
StarHR 344634 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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Bright stars in Hydra
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.