F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 1242

HR 1242 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Camelopardalis 2,038 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,412 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 3,401× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 2,038 years ago.

2,038 lybrightness mag 5.00F0II

Also catalogued as HD 25291 · HIP 19018

6,412 K
temperature
5.00
apparent magnitude
3,401× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F0II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,038 years
at light speed from Earth
1.11×
as hot as the Sun
3,401×
the Sun's light output
-3.98
absolute magnitude
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HR 1242F-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 1112110 ly
StarHR 1035190 ly
StarHR 1009260 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook 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.