A-type star · white star

HR 7917

242 lybrightness mag 6.02A2V

Also catalogued as HD 197120 · HIP 102033

8,461 K

temperature

6.02

apparent magnitude

18.76× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

242 years

at light speed from Earth

1.47×

as hot as the Sun

18.76×

the Sun's light output

1.67

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 7917A-type

Sky regionCygnusthis direction

Nearest stars

39 Cyg →20 ly apart
29 Vul →37 ly apart
15 Vul →38 ly apart
52 Cyg →41 ly apart
16 Vul →45 ly apart
HR 8166 →45 ly apart

Bright stars in Cygnus

Sadr →mag 2.2
Aljanah →mag 2.5
Fawaris →mag 2.9
64Zet Cyg →mag 3.2
62Xi Cyg →mag 3.7
65Tau Cyg →mag 3.7
10Iot2Cyg →mag 3.8
1Kap Cyg →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cygnus

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.