B-type star · blue-white star

HR 8606

1,699 lybrightness mag 6.29B3V

Also catalogued as HD 214240 · HIP 111550

11,107 K

temperature

6.29

apparent magnitude

720× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,699 years

at light speed from Earth

1.92×

as hot as the Sun

720×

the Sun's light output

-2.29

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8606B-type

Sky regionLacertathis direction

Nearest stars

5 Lac →91 ly apart
Tengshe →140 ly apart
6 Lac →210 ly apart
Azelfafage →260 ly apart
HR 8242 →310 ly apart
HR 8357 →310 ly apart

Bright stars in Lacerta

Stellio →mag 3.8
1 Lac →mag 4.1
5 Lac →mag 4.3
3Bet Lac →mag 4.4
11 Lac →mag 4.5
6 Lac →mag 4.5
2 Lac →mag 4.5
4 Lac →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lacerta

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.