A-type star · white star

HR 8249

HR 8249 is a white star in the constellation Indus 589 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,871 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 92.21× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 589 years ago.

589 lybrightness mag 6.22A0/A1IV

Also catalogued as HD 205417 · HIP 106818

9,871 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
92.21× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0/A1IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
589 years
at light speed from Earth
1.71×
as hot as the Sun
92.21×
the Sun's light output
-0.06
absolute magnitude
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HR 8249A-type
Sky regionIndusthis direction
StarOmicron Ind67 ly
StarHR 815976 ly
StarHR 812576 ly
StarAlpha Indstar
StarTheta Indstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Indus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Indus

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.