A-type star · white star

Babcock's star

brightness mag 8.83A0p

Also catalogued as HD 215441 · HIP 112247

9,754 K

temperature

8.83

apparent magnitude

2,558,586× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0p

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.69×

as hot as the Sun

2,558,586×

the Sun's light output

-11.17

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Babcock's starA-type

Sky regionLacertathis direction

StarHR 875215,000 ly

StarHD 21246617,000 ly

StarHR 844333,000 ly

StarStelliostar

Star1 Lacstar

Nearest stars

HR 8752 →15,000 ly apart
HD 212466 →17,000 ly apart
HR 8443 →33,000 ly apart
13 Cep →39,000 ly apart
HR 8374 →49,000 ly apart
Garnet Star →50,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Lacerta

Stellio →mag 3.8
1 Lac →mag 4.1
5 Lac →mag 4.3
3Bet Lac →mag 4.4
11 Lac →mag 4.5
6 Lac →mag 4.5
2 Lac →mag 4.5
4 Lac →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 8.8To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lacerta

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.