F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 8234

HR 8234 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Octans 210 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,576 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 12.31× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 210 years ago.

210 lybrightness mag 6.17F4IV

Also catalogued as HD 204904 · HIP 106881

6,576 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
12.31× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F4IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
210 years
at light speed from Earth
1.14×
as hot as the Sun
12.31×
the Sun's light output
2.12
absolute magnitude
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HR 8234F-type
Sky regionOctansthis direction
StarHR 838014 ly
StarTheta Oct29 ly
StarHR 878634 ly
StarNu Octstar
StarBeta Octstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Octans
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Octans

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.