G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 8737
HR 8737 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Pegasus 106 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,815 K, and it shines at 2.48× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 106 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 217166 · HIP 113445
5,815 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
2.48× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G2V+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
106 years
at light speed from Earth
1.01×
as hot as the Sun
2.48×
the Sun's light output
3.87
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.