A-type star · white star

HR 9043

HR 9043 is a white star in the constellation Aquarius 287 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,257 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 21.78× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 287 years ago.

287 lybrightness mag 6.23A5V

Also catalogued as HD 223884 · HIP 117797

8,257 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
21.78× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
287 years
at light speed from Earth
1.43×
as hot as the Sun
21.78×
the Sun's light output
1.50
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.