A-type star · white star

HR 1046

HR 1046 is a white star in the constellation Camelopardalis 199 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,859 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 29.73× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 199 years ago.

199 lybrightness mag 5.09A1V

Also catalogued as HD 21447 · HIP 16292

9,859 K
temperature
5.09
apparent magnitude
29.73× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
199 years
at light speed from Earth
1.71×
as hot as the Sun
29.73×
the Sun's light output
1.17
absolute magnitude
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HR 1046A-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 91818 ly
StarHR 107122 ly
StarHR 107729 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Camelopardalis

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.