A-type star · white star

HR 8756

394 lybrightness mag 6.27A2V

Also catalogued as HD 217498 · HIP 113673

8,784 K

temperature

6.27

apparent magnitude

39.45× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

394 years

at light speed from Earth

1.52×

as hot as the Sun

39.45×

the Sun's light output

0.86

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8756A-type

Sky regionAquariusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8746 →20 ly apart
HD 220766 →42 ly apart
HD 216553 →44 ly apart
HR 8674 →54 ly apart
HR 8542 →56 ly apart
HR 8619 →56 ly apart

Bright stars in Aquarius

Sadalsuud →mag 2.9
Sadalmelik →mag 3.0
Skat →mag 3.3
55Zet1Aqr →mag 3.6
Safina →mag 3.7
73Lam Aqr →mag 3.7
Albali →mag 3.8
Sadachbia →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

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.