A-type star · white star

HR 8971

258 lybrightness mag 5.95A3V

Also catalogued as HD 222386 · HIP 116714

8,802 K

temperature

5.95

apparent magnitude

22.72× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

258 years

at light speed from Earth

1.52×

as hot as the Sun

22.72×

the Sun's light output

1.46

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8971A-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

33Pi Cep →14 ly apart
29Rho2Cep →26 ly apart
HD 224890 →29 ly apart
HR 381 →30 ly apart
HR 8595 →33 ly apart
HR 333 →33 ly apart

Bright stars in Cepheus

Alderamin →mag 2.5
Errai →mag 3.2
Alfirk →mag 3.2
21Zet Cep →mag 3.4
3Eta Cep →mag 3.4
32Iot Cep →mag 3.5
27Del Cep →mag 4.1
23Eps Cep →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cepheus

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.