B-type star · blue-white star

HR 1147

HR 1147 is a blue-white star in the constellation Camelopardalis 360 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,382 K, about 1.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 38.80× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 360 years ago.

360 lybrightness mag 6.09B9Vnn

Also catalogued as HD 23383 · HIP 17707

10,382 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
38.80× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9Vnn
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
360 years
at light speed from Earth
1.80×
as hot as the Sun
38.80×
the Sun's light output
0.88
absolute magnitude
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HR 1147B-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 131444 ly
StarHR 120446 ly
StarHR 134252 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.