A-type star · white star
HD 13218
HD 13218 is a white star in the constellation Phoenix 305 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,125 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 19.11× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 305 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 9951
8,125 K
temperature
6.50
apparent magnitude
19.11× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A4V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
305 years
at light speed from Earth
1.41×
as hot as the Sun
19.11×
the Sun's light output
1.65
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Nearest stars
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
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.