A-type star · white star
8 Ser
8 Ser is a white star in the constellation Serpens 167 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,699 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.19× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 167 years ago.
Also catalogued as HR 5721 · HD 137006 · HIP 75342
7,699 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
8.19× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
167 years
at light speed from Earth
1.33×
as hot as the Sun
8.19×
the Sun's light output
2.57
absolute magnitude
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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.