B-type star · blue-white star

HR 7992

HR 7992 is a blue-white star in the constellation Indus 909 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,539 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 218× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 909 years ago.

909 lybrightness mag 6.23B5IV

Also catalogued as HD 198766 · HIP 103206

11,539 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
218× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
909 years
at light speed from Earth
2.00×
as hot as the Sun
218×
the Sun's light output
-0.99
absolute magnitude
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HR 7992B-type
Sky regionIndusthis direction
StarHR 7758110 ly
StarHR 8233130 ly
StarHR 7745130 ly
StarAlpha Indstar
StarBeta Indstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Indus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Indus

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.