A-type star · white star
HD 224890
HD 224890 is a white star in the constellation Cepheus 231 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,305 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 10.95× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 231 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 128
8,305 K
temperature
6.50
apparent magnitude
10.95× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
Am...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
231 years
at light speed from Earth
1.44×
as hot as the Sun
10.95×
the Sun's light output
2.25
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.