B-type star · blue-white star

HR 8651

HR 8651 is a blue-white star in the constellation Lacerta 1,049 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,903 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 241× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,049 years ago.

1,049 lybrightness mag 6.43B1V

Also catalogued as HD 215191 · HIP 112144

11,903 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
241× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,049 years
at light speed from Earth
2.06×
as hot as the Sun
241×
the Sun's light output
-1.11
absolute magnitude
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HR 8651B-type
Sky regionLacertathis direction
StarHR 862653 ly
StarHR 870677 ly
Star14 Lac120 ly
StarStelliostar
Star1 Lacstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lacerta
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.