A-type star · white star

HR 1227

HR 1227 is a white star in the constellation Dorado 356 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,503 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 27.06× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 356 years ago.

356 lybrightness mag 6.46A4V

Also catalogued as HD 24863 · HIP 18275

8,503 K
temperature
6.46
apparent magnitude
27.06× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A4V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
356 years
at light speed from Earth
1.47×
as hot as the Sun
27.06×
the Sun's light output
1.27
absolute magnitude
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HR 1227A-type
Sky regionDoradothis direction
StarHR 121636 ly
StarHR 116938 ly
StarHR 109050 ly
StarAlpha Dorstar
StarBeta Dorstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Dorado
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Dorado

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.