A-type star · white star

HR 8677

HR 8677 is a white star in the constellation Cepheus 1,007 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,918 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 244× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,007 years ago.

1,007 lybrightness mag 6.33B9.5IV

Also catalogued as HD 215907 · HIP 112508

9,918 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
244× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9.5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,007 years
at light speed from Earth
1.72×
as hot as the Sun
244×
the Sun's light output
-1.12
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cepheus

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.