A-type star · white star

8Gam Sex

278 lybrightness mag 5.07A2V

Also catalogued as HR 3909 · HD 85558 · HIP 48437

9,675 K

temperature

5.07

apparent magnitude

59.16× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

278 years

at light speed from Earth

1.68×

as hot as the Sun

59.16×

the Sun's light output

0.42

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

8Gam SexA-type

Sky regionSextansthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3988 →28 ly apart
Zhang →35 ly apart
Ukdah →39 ly apart
Bibha →40 ly apart
15Alp Sex →43 ly apart
HR 4059 →43 ly apart

Bright stars in Sextans

15Alp Sex →mag 4.5
30Bet Sex →mag 5.1
29Del Sex →mag 5.2
22Eps Sex →mag 5.3
18 Sex →mag 5.6
19 Sex →mag 5.8
35 Sex →mag 5.8
41 Sex →mag 5.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Sextans

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.