F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 8157

2,160 lybrightness mag 5.89F2Ib

Also catalogued as HD 203156 · HIP 105269

6,366 K

temperature

5.89

apparent magnitude

1,683× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F2Ib

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,160 years

at light speed from Earth

1.10×

as hot as the Sun

1,683×

the Sun's light output

-3.21

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8157F-type

Sky regionCygnusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8155 →180 ly apart
HR 8297 →230 ly apart
55 Cyg →410 ly apart
HR 8126 →470 ly apart
HR 7757 →480 ly apart
HR 7767 →480 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.