A-type star · white star

HR 8740

312 lybrightness mag 5.51F0V

Also catalogued as HD 217236 · HIP 113532

7,651 K

temperature

5.51

apparent magnitude

49.93× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

312 years

at light speed from Earth

1.33×

as hot as the Sun

49.93×

the Sun's light output

0.60

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8740A-type

Sky regionPiscis Austrinusthis direction

Nearest stars

21 PsA →14 ly apart
HR 8883 →35 ly apart
HR 8596 →42 ly apart
HR 8802 →45 ly apart
Mu Scl →53 ly apart
HR 8668 →55 ly apart

Bright stars in Piscis Austrinus

18Eps PsA →mag 4.2
23Del PsA →mag 4.2
17Bet PsA →mag 4.3
9Iot PsA →mag 4.3
22Gam PsA →mag 4.5
14Mu PsA →mag 4.5
15Tau PsA →mag 4.9
Ups PsA →mag 5.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Piscis Austrinus

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.