A-type star · white star

HR 8153

HR 8153 is a white star in the constellation Cepheus 2,741 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,210 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,663× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,741 years ago.

2,741 lybrightness mag 6.42B2III

Also catalogued as HD 203025 · HIP 105091

8,210 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
1,663× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,741 years
at light speed from Earth
1.42×
as hot as the Sun
1,663×
the Sun's light output
-3.20
absolute magnitude
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HR 8153A-type
Sky regionCepheusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.