A-type star · white star

HR 7423

HR 7423 is a white star in the constellation Draco 351 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,308 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 38.09× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 351 years ago.

351 lybrightness mag 6.06A3V

Also catalogued as HD 184102 · HIP 95167

9,308 K
temperature
6.06
apparent magnitude
38.09× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
351 years
at light speed from Earth
1.61×
as hot as the Sun
38.09×
the Sun's light output
0.90
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.