F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 8205

HR 8205 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Aquarius 161 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,476 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 7.61× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 161 years ago.

161 lybrightness mag 6.12F5V

Also catalogued as HD 204121 · HIP 105864

6,476 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
7.61× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
161 years
at light speed from Earth
1.12×
as hot as the Sun
7.61×
the Sun's light output
2.65
absolute magnitude
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HR 8205F-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.