F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 158

HR 158 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Cepheus 108 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,166 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2.70× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 108 years ago.

108 lybrightness mag 6.38F6V:

Also catalogued as HD 3440 · HIP 3132

6,166 K

temperature

6.38

apparent magnitude

2.70× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F6V:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

108 years

at light speed from Earth

1.07×

as hot as the Sun

2.70×

the Sun's light output

3.77

absolute magnitude

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HR 158F-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cepheus

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.