A-type star · white star

Deneb Algedi

Deneb Algedi is a white star in the constellation Capricornus 38.7 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,321 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.89× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 2.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 39 years ago.

38.7 lybrightness mag 2.85A5mF2 (IV)

Also catalogued as Delta Cap · HR 8322 · HD 207098 · HIP 107556 · Gliese Gl 837

8,321 K
temperature
2.85
apparent magnitude
8.89× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A5mF2 (IV)
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
39 years
at light speed from Earth
1.44×
as hot as the Sun
8.89×
the Sun's light output
2.48
absolute magnitude
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Deneb AlgediA-type
Sky regionCapricornusthis direction
StarHR 789815 ly
StarPsi Cap16 ly
StarHR 872118 ly
StarDabihstar
StarAlgedistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Capricornus
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 2.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Capricornus

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.