F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 8346

HR 8346 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Capricornus 211 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,022 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 12.18× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 211 years ago.

211 lybrightness mag 6.19F0V

Also catalogued as HD 207760 · HIP 107901

7,022 K

temperature

6.19

apparent magnitude

12.18× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

211 years

at light speed from Earth

1.22×

as hot as the Sun

12.18×

the Sun's light output

2.14

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8346F-type

Sky regionCapricornusthis direction

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Capricornus

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To 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.