B-type star · blue-white star

HR 1166

HR 1166 is a blue-white star in the constellation Camelopardalis 1,022 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,897 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 256× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,022 years ago.

1,022 lybrightness mag 6.31B9IVp

Also catalogued as HD 23662 · HIP 18067

10,897 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
256× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9IVp
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,022 years
at light speed from Earth
1.89×
as hot as the Sun
256×
the Sun's light output
-1.17
absolute magnitude
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HR 1166B-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 112996 ly
StarHR 747160 ly
StarHR 1032180 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.