A-type star · white star

HR 1056

HR 1056 is a white star in the constellation Perseus 487 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,360 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 59.16× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 487 years ago.

487 lybrightness mag 6.29A0Vn

Also catalogued as HD 21620 · HIP 16424

9,360 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
59.16× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0Vn
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
487 years
at light speed from Earth
1.62×
as hot as the Sun
59.16×
the Sun's light output
0.42
absolute magnitude
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HR 1056A-type
Sky regionPerseusthis direction
StarMirfak23 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Perseus

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.