F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 8973

296 lybrightness mag 6.49F2IV

Also catalogued as HD 222399 · HIP 116781

7,129 K

temperature

6.49

apparent magnitude

18.21× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F2IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

296 years

at light speed from Earth

1.24×

as hot as the Sun

18.21×

the Sun's light output

1.70

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8973F-type

Sky regionAndromedathis direction

Nearest stars

73 Peg →23 ly apart
13 And →30 ly apart
15 And →37 ly apart
Veritate →40 ly apart
24The And →41 ly apart
79 Peg →47 ly apart

Bright stars in Andromeda

Alpheratz →mag 2.1
Mirach →mag 2.1
Almach →mag 2.1
31Del And →mag 3.3
Nembus →mag 3.6
Alfarasalkamil →mag 3.6
Udkadua →mag 3.8
37Mu And →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Andromeda

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.