G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 8696

237 lybrightness mag 5.61G2IV+...

Also catalogued as HD 216380 · HIP 112864

5,357 K

temperature

5.61

apparent magnitude

26.25× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G2IV+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

237 years

at light speed from Earth

0.93×

as hot as the Sun

26.25×

the Sun's light output

1.30

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8696G-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 9020 →36 ly apart
HR 8595 →39 ly apart
HR 8687 →40 ly apart
HR 9059 →43 ly apart
34Omi Cep →43 ly apart
HR 8918 →44 ly apart

Bright stars in Cepheus

Alderamin →mag 2.5
Errai →mag 3.2
Alfirk →mag 3.2
21Zet Cep →mag 3.4
3Eta Cep →mag 3.4
32Iot Cep →mag 3.5
27Del Cep →mag 4.1
23Eps Cep →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook 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.