B-type star · blue-white star

HR 8553

2,146 lybrightness mag 6.16B2V

Also catalogued as HD 212978 · HIP 110849

12,216 K

temperature

6.16

apparent magnitude

1,295× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,146 years

at light speed from Earth

2.12×

as hot as the Sun

1,295×

the Sun's light output

-2.93

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8553B-type

Sky regionLacertathis direction

Nearest stars

HD 214167 →63 ly apart
HR 8297 →380 ly apart
4 Lac →380 ly apart
10 Lac →430 ly apart
6 Lac →440 ly apart
HR 8155 →490 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 6.2To 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.