F-type star · yellow-white star
HR 8799
7205 K
temperature
1.49 R☉
radius
1.50 M☉
mass
4.920 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 135 ly away
At light speed, about 135 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.25×
as hot as the Sun
1.49×
the Sun's width
1.50×
the Sun's mass
4.92×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →HR 8799 eGas giant · ESI 0.1213.11 R⊕ · 57.0 years year
- Explore →HR 8799 dGas giant · ESI 0.1113.00 R⊕ · 101 years year
- Explore →HR 8799 cGas giant · ESI 0.1213.00 R⊕ · 189 years year
- Explore →HR 8799 bGas giant · ESI 0.1213.00 R⊕ · 465 years year
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment needed
Illustration generated from HR 8799's temperature, not a photograph.