A-type star · white star

HR 8203

HR 8203 is a white star in the constellation Aquarius 242 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,469 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 12.62× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 242 years ago.

242 lybrightness mag 6.45A1IV

Also catalogued as HD 204041 · HIP 105819

8,469 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
12.62× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
242 years
at light speed from Earth
1.47×
as hot as the Sun
12.62×
the Sun's light output
2.10
absolute magnitude
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HR 8203A-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

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.