B-type star · blue-white star

HR 948

445 lybrightness mag 5.97B8V

Also catalogued as HD 19698 · HIP 14764

10,956 K

temperature

5.97

apparent magnitude

66.31× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

445 years

at light speed from Earth

1.90×

as hot as the Sun

66.31×

the Sun's light output

0.30

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 948B-type

Sky regionAriesthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 952 →19 ly apart
HR 1028 →30 ly apart
HR 797 →61 ly apart
HR 1089 →63 ly apart
HR 1110 →67 ly apart
43Sig Ari →68 ly apart

Bright stars in Aries

Hamal →mag 2.0
Sheratan →mag 2.6
Bharani →mag 3.6
Mesarthim →mag 3.9
Botein →mag 4.3
Lilii Borea →mag 4.5
48Eps Ari →mag 4.6
35 Ari →mag 4.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Aries

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.