A-type star · white star

HR 8337

HR 8337 is a white star in the constellation Capricornus 451 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,989 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 49.84× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 451 years ago.

451 lybrightness mag 6.31A1/A2III

Also catalogued as HD 207503 · HIP 107750

7,989 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
49.84× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1/A2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
451 years
at light speed from Earth
1.38×
as hot as the Sun
49.84×
the Sun's light output
0.61
absolute magnitude
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HR 8337A-type
Sky regionCapricornusthis direction
Star44 Cap24 ly
Star38 Aqr41 ly
Star50 Aqr68 ly
StarDeneb Algedistar
StarDabihstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Capricornus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Capricornus

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.