A-type star · white star

HR 961

265 lybrightness mag 5.44A6V

Also catalogued as HD 19978 · HIP 15547

8,079 K

temperature

5.44

apparent magnitude

38.26× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A6V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

265 years

at light speed from Earth

1.40×

as hot as the Sun

38.26×

the Sun's light output

0.89

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 961A-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 743 →27 ly apart
HR 333 →31 ly apart
Nushagak →34 ly apart
HR 381 →34 ly apart
HR 357 →39 ly apart
HR 597 →40 ly apart

Bright stars in Cepheus

Alderamin →mag 2.5
Errai →mag 3.2
Alfirk →mag 3.2
21Zet Cep →mag 3.4
3Eta Cep →mag 3.4
32Iot Cep →mag 3.5
27Del Cep →mag 4.1
23Eps Cep →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cepheus

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.