A-type star · white star

HR 7587

HR 7587 is a white star in the constellation Pavo 279 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,954 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 50.91× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 279 years ago.

279 lybrightness mag 5.24B9.5IV

Also catalogued as HD 188162 · HIP 98174

9,954 K
temperature
5.24
apparent magnitude
50.91× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9.5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
279 years
at light speed from Earth
1.72×
as hot as the Sun
50.91×
the Sun's light output
0.58
absolute magnitude
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HR 7587A-type
Sky regionPavothis direction
StarHR 75314.4 ly
StarHR 738843 ly
StarHR 795946 ly
StarPeacockstar
StarBeta Pavstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pavo
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Pavo

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.