F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 8565

HR 8565 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Aquarius 260 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,124 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 15.09× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 260 years ago.

260 lybrightness mag 6.41F2/F3IV/V

Also catalogued as HD 213198 · HIP 111066

7,124 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
15.09× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F2/F3IV/V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
260 years
at light speed from Earth
1.23×
as hot as the Sun
15.09×
the Sun's light output
1.90
absolute magnitude
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HR 8565F-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
Star58 Aqr28 ly
StarSigma Aqr32 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

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.