B-type star · blue-white star

HR 1243

571 lybrightness mag 5.67B5V

Also catalogued as HD 25330 · HIP 18805

10,063 K

temperature

5.67

apparent magnitude

144× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

571 years

at light speed from Earth

1.74×

as hot as the Sun

144×

the Sun's light output

-0.55

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1243B-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

29 Tau →66 ly apart
HR 1402 →67 ly apart
HD 27860 →79 ly apart
HR 1446 →79 ly apart
40 Tau →85 ly apart
HD 28595 →89 ly apart

Bright stars in Taurus

Elnath →mag 1.6
Alcyone →mag 2.9
Tianguan →mag 3.0
Chamukuy →mag 3.4
35Lam Tau →mag 3.4
Ain →mag 3.5
1Omi Tau →mag 3.6
Atlas →mag 3.6

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook 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.