F-type star · yellow-white star
HR 8687
HR 8687 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Cepheus 208 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,674 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 11.81× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 208 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 216172 · HIP 112670
6,674 K
temperature
6.19
apparent magnitude
11.81× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
208 years
at light speed from Earth
1.16×
as hot as the Sun
11.81×
the Sun's light output
2.17
absolute magnitude
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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.