F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 1233

HR 1233 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Taurus 131 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,791 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 4.03× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 131 years ago.

131 lybrightness mag 6.35F5V

Also catalogued as HD 25102 · HIP 18658

6,791 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
4.03× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
131 years
at light speed from Earth
1.18×
as hot as the Sun
4.03×
the Sun's light output
3.34
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.