A-type star · white star

HR 980

HR 980 is a white star in the constellation Fornax 651 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,675 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 110× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 651 years ago.

651 lybrightness mag 6.25A1V

Also catalogued as HD 20293 · HIP 15125

9,675 K
temperature
6.25
apparent magnitude
110× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
651 years
at light speed from Earth
1.68×
as hot as the Sun
110×
the Sun's light output
-0.25
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Fornax

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.