B-type star · blue-white star

55 Ori

1,049 lybrightness mag 5.36B2IV-V

Also catalogued as HR 2031 · HD 39291 · HIP 27658

13,465 K

temperature

5.36

apparent magnitude

646× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2IV-V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,049 years

at light speed from Earth

2.33×

as hot as the Sun

646×

the Sun's light output

-2.18

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

55 OriB-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2154 →93 ly apart
48Sig Ori →110 ly apart
HR 1873 →140 ly apart
28Eta Ori →170 ly apart
HR 2284 →170 ly apart
HR 2024 →170 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
3Pi 4Ori →mag 3.7
8Pi 5Ori →mag 3.7
48Sig Ori →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.4To 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.