A-type star · white star

HR 1197

HR 1197 is a white star in the constellation Perseus 371 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,117 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 36.75× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 371 years ago.

371 lybrightness mag 6.22A5V

Also catalogued as HD 24167 · HIP 18094

8,117 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
36.75× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
371 years
at light speed from Earth
1.41×
as hot as the Sun
36.75×
the Sun's light output
0.94
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Perseus

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.