F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 8792

HR 8792 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Pegasus 91.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,196 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1.81× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 91 years ago.

91.2 lybrightness mag 6.44F7V

Also catalogued as HD 218261 · HIP 114096

6,196 K

temperature

6.44

apparent magnitude

1.81× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F7V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

91 years

at light speed from Earth

1.07×

as hot as the Sun

1.81×

the Sun's light output

4.21

absolute magnitude

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HR 8792F-type

Sky regionPegasusthis direction

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Bright stars in Pegasus

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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pegasus

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.