A-type star · white star

HR 8738

HR 8738 is a white star in the constellation Pisces 294 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,520 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 20.38× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 294 years ago.

294 lybrightness mag 6.35A1V

Also catalogued as HD 217186 · HIP 113465

9,520 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
20.38× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
294 years
at light speed from Earth
1.65×
as hot as the Sun
20.38×
the Sun's light output
1.58
absolute magnitude
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HR 8738A-type
Sky regionPiscesthis direction
StarHR 87769.0 ly
StarRho Peg20 ly
Star52 Peg27 ly
StarAlphergstar
StarGamma Pscstar
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Bright stars in Pisces
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pisces

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.