A-type star · white star

8 Ser

167 lybrightness mag 6.11F0V

Also catalogued as HR 5721 · HD 137006 · HIP 75342

7,699 K

temperature

6.11

apparent magnitude

8.19× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

167 years

at light speed from Earth

1.33×

as hot as the Sun

8.19×

the Sun's light output

2.57

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

8 SerA-type

Sky regionSerpensthis direction

Nearest stars

4 Ser →18 ly apart
32Mu Ser →20 ly apart
36 Ser →21 ly apart
HR 5875 →23 ly apart
Zubeneschamali →32 ly apart
110 Vir →34 ly apart

Bright stars in Serpens

Unukalhai →mag 2.6
58Eta Ser →mag 3.2
32Mu Ser →mag 3.5
55Xi Ser →mag 3.5
Zhou →mag 3.6
37Eps Ser →mag 3.7
13Del Ser →mag 3.8
41Gam Ser →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Serpens

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.