A-type star · white star

HR 976

HR 976 is a white star in the constellation Perseus 199 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,526 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 10.22× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 199 years ago.

199 lybrightness mag 6.25A1m

Also catalogued as HD 20210 · HIP 15204

7,526 K
temperature
6.25
apparent magnitude
10.22× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1m
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
199 years
at light speed from Earth
1.30×
as hot as the Sun
10.22×
the Sun's light output
2.33
absolute magnitude
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HR 976A-type
Sky regionPerseusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Perseus

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.