F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 8581

HR 8581 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Aquarius 82.9 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,108 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1.95× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 83 years ago.

82.9 lybrightness mag 6.15F7V

Also catalogued as HD 213429 · HIP 111170 · Gliese Gl 862.1

6,108 K

temperature

6.15

apparent magnitude

1.95× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F7V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

83 years

at light speed from Earth

1.06×

as hot as the Sun

1.95×

the Sun's light output

4.13

absolute magnitude

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HR 8581F-type

Sky regionAquariusthis direction

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Bright stars in Aquarius

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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.