B-type star · blue-white star

HR 8427

brightness mag 6.26B2V SB

Also catalogued as HD 209961 · HIP 109082

11,375 K

temperature

6.26

apparent magnitude

27,289,778× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2V SB

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.97×

as hot as the Sun

27,289,778×

the Sun's light output

-13.74

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8427B-type

Sky regionLacertathis direction

StarHR 844329,000 ly

StarHD 20711930,000 ly

StarHR 834543,000 ly

StarStelliostar

Star1 Lacstar

Nearest stars

HR 8443 →29,000 ly apart
HD 207119 →30,000 ly apart
HR 8345 →43,000 ly apart
HD 212466 →46,000 ly apart
13 Cep →49,000 ly apart
68 Cyg →53,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Lacerta

Stellio →mag 3.8
1 Lac →mag 4.1
5 Lac →mag 4.3
3Bet Lac →mag 4.4
11 Lac →mag 4.5
6 Lac →mag 4.5
2 Lac →mag 4.5
4 Lac →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lacerta

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.