B-type star · blue-white star

Delta² Cha

Delta² Cha is a blue-white star in the constellation Chamaeleon 351 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 13,302 K, about 2.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 167× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 351 years ago.

351 lybrightness mag 4.45B2.5IV

Also catalogued as HR 4234 · HD 93845 · HIP 52633

13,302 K
temperature
4.45
apparent magnitude
167× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B2.5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
351 years
at light speed from Earth
2.30×
as hot as the Sun
167×
the Sun's light output
-0.71
absolute magnitude
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Delta² ChaB-type
Sky regionChamaeleonthis direction
StarDelta¹ Cha2.3 ly
StarHR 450722 ly
StarEta Oct26 ly
StarAlpha Chastar
StarGamma Chastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Chamaeleon
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Chamaeleon

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.