F-type star · yellow-white star

HD 220466

HD 220466 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Aquarius 204 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,709 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.88× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 204 years ago.

204 lybrightness mag 6.46F3IV/V

Also catalogued as HIP 115522

6,709 K
temperature
6.46
apparent magnitude
8.88× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F3IV/V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
204 years
at light speed from Earth
1.16×
as hot as the Sun
8.88×
the Sun's light output
2.48
absolute magnitude
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HD 220466F-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
Star86 Aqr20 ly
Star97 Aqr26 ly
StarHR 899932 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Aquarius
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

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.