A-type star · white star

HR 846

HR 846 is a white star in the constellation Perseus 1,004 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,096 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 238× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,004 years ago.

1,004 lybrightness mag 6.35B8III

Also catalogued as HD 17743 · HIP 13424

9,096 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
238× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,004 years
at light speed from Earth
1.58×
as hot as the Sun
238×
the Sun's light output
-1.09
absolute magnitude
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HR 846A-type
Sky regionPerseusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Perseus

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.