B-type star · blue-white star

HR 983

658 lybrightness mag 6.17B9V

Also catalogued as HD 20319 · HIP 15203

10,355 K

temperature

6.17

apparent magnitude

121× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

658 years

at light speed from Earth

1.79×

as hot as the Sun

121×

the Sun's light output

-0.35

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 983B-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 22379 →63 ly apart
24 Eri →98 ly apart
HR 795 →100 ly apart
30 Eri →120 ly apart
HR 1120 →130 ly apart
82Del Cet →130 ly apart

Bright stars in Eridanus

Cursa →mag 2.8
Acamar →mag 2.9
Zaurak →mag 3.0
Rana →mag 3.5
41Ups4Eri →mag 3.5
Phi Eri →mag 3.6
Chi Eri →mag 3.7
16Tau4Eri →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Eridanus

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.