B-type star · blue-white star

HR 1183

HR 1183 is a blue-white star in the constellation Taurus 374 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,738 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 38.98× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 374 years ago.

374 lybrightness mag 6.17B8V

Also catalogued as HD 23923 · HIP 17900

10,738 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
38.98× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
374 years
at light speed from Earth
1.86×
as hot as the Sun
38.98×
the Sun's light output
0.87
absolute magnitude
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HR 1183B-type
Sky regionTaurusthis direction
StarMerope8.1 ly
StarAsterope8.2 ly
StarPleione8.4 ly
StarElnathstar
StarAlcyonestar
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Bright stars in Taurus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Taurus

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.