A-type star · white star

HR 8786

240 lybrightness mag 6.11A7Vn

Also catalogued as HD 218108 · HIP 114258

8,615 K

temperature

6.11

apparent magnitude

16.92× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A7Vn

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

240 years

at light speed from Earth

1.49×

as hot as the Sun

16.92×

the Sun's light output

1.78

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8786A-type

Sky regionOctansthis direction

Nearest stars

Gam3Oct →22 ly apart
The Oct →27 ly apart
Gam1Oct →29 ly apart
HR 7698 →31 ly apart
HR 8234 →34 ly apart
Lam Hyi →39 ly apart

Bright stars in Octans

Nu Oct →mag 3.7
Bet Oct →mag 4.1
Del Oct →mag 4.3
The Oct →mag 4.8
Eps Oct →mag 5.1
Gam1Oct →mag 5.1
Alp Oct →mag 5.1
Lam Oct →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Octans

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.