A-type star · white star

HR 8226

HR 8226 is a white star in the constellation Cepheus 1,274 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,028 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 465× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,274 years ago.

1,274 lybrightness mag 6.14B8III

Also catalogued as HD 204754 · HIP 106052

9,028 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
465× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,274 years
at light speed from Earth
1.56×
as hot as the Sun
465×
the Sun's light output
-1.82
absolute magnitude
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HR 8226A-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.