B-type star · blue-white star

HR 4472

HR 4472 is a blue-white star in the constellation Centaurus 1,623 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,607 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 994× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,623 years ago.

1,623 lybrightness mag 5.84B2.5IV

Also catalogued as HD 100929 · HIP 56606

11,607 K
temperature
5.84
apparent magnitude
994× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B2.5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,623 years
at light speed from Earth
2.01×
as hot as the Sun
994×
the Sun's light output
-2.64
absolute magnitude
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HR 4472B-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHR 4556140 ly
StarHR 4266220 ly
StarHD 92399250 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Centaurus
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Centaurus

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.