A-type star · white star

HR 8361

HR 8361 is a white star in the constellation Cepheus 286 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,585 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 18.91× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 286 years ago.

286 lybrightness mag 6.37Am+...

Also catalogued as HD 208132 · HIP 107893

7,585 K
temperature
6.37
apparent magnitude
18.91× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
Am+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
286 years
at light speed from Earth
1.31×
as hot as the Sun
18.91×
the Sun's light output
1.66
absolute magnitude
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HR 8361A-type
Sky regionCepheusthis direction
Star20 Cep24 ly
Star30 Cep27 ly
StarHD 20782635 ly
StarAlderaminstar
StarErraistar
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Bright stars in Cepheus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.