A-type star · white star

HR 1059

HR 1059 is a white star in the constellation Perseus. Its surface is about 9,277 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 23,768,403× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.41B9III

Also catalogued as HD 21661 · HIP 16447

9,277 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
23,768,403× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.61×
as hot as the Sun
23,768,403×
the Sun's light output
-13.59
absolute magnitude
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HR 1059A-type
Sky regionPerseusthis direction
StarHR 82556,000 ly
Star1 Cam59,000 ly
Star10 Per70,000 ly
StarMirfakstar
StarZeta Perstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Perseus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.