B-type star · blue-white star

3Pi 4Ori

1,052 lybrightness mag 3.68B2III SB

Also catalogued as HR 1552 · HD 30836 · HIP 22549

12,630 K

temperature

3.68

apparent magnitude

3,056× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2III SB

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,052 years

at light speed from Earth

2.19×

as hot as the Sun

3,056×

the Sun's light output

-3.86

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

3Pi 4OriB-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

10Pi 6Ori →130 ly apart
HR 1703 →140 ly apart
25Psi1Ori →170 ly apart
HR 1764 →180 ly apart
HR 1761 →190 ly apart
30Psi2Ori →200 ly apart

Bright stars in Orion

Hatysa →mag 2.8
Tabit →mag 3.2
28Eta Ori →mag 3.4
Meissa →mag 3.4
20Tau Ori →mag 3.6
8Pi 5Ori →mag 3.7
48Sig Ori →mag 3.8
9Omi2Ori →mag 4.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Orion

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.