B-type star · blue-white star

HR 8408

1,231 lybrightness mag 5.97B3V (+B)

Also catalogued as HD 209522 · HIP 108975

12,838 K

temperature

5.97

apparent magnitude

508× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3V (+B)

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,231 years

at light speed from Earth

2.22×

as hot as the Sun

508×

the Sun's light output

-1.91

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8408B-type

Sky regionPiscis Austrinusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8244 →160 ly apart
HR 8378 →210 ly apart
39Eps Cap →260 ly apart
HR 8719 →280 ly apart
HR 7997 →370 ly apart
HR 8050 →380 ly apart

Bright stars in Piscis Austrinus

18Eps PsA →mag 4.2
23Del PsA →mag 4.2
17Bet PsA →mag 4.3
9Iot PsA →mag 4.3
22Gam PsA →mag 4.5
14Mu PsA →mag 4.5
15Tau PsA →mag 4.9
Ups PsA →mag 5.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Piscis Austrinus

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.