B-type star · blue-white star

HR 7903

HR 7903 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vulpecula 718 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,695 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 156× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 718 years ago.

718 lybrightness mag 6.08A0III

Also catalogued as HD 196821 · HIP 101919

10,695 K
temperature
6.08
apparent magnitude
156× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
718 years
at light speed from Earth
1.85×
as hot as the Sun
156×
the Sun's light output
-0.64
absolute magnitude
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HR 7903B-type
Sky regionVulpeculathis direction
Star26 Vul94 ly
StarHR 7771120 ly
Star41 Cyg130 ly
StarAnserstar
Star23 Vulstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vulpecula
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Vulpecula

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.