A-type star · white star

HR 1248

HR 1248 is a white star in the constellation Camelopardalis 438 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,615 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 54.90× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 438 years ago.

438 lybrightness mag 6.14A3m

Also catalogued as HD 25425 · HIP 19177

8,615 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
54.90× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3m
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
438 years
at light speed from Earth
1.49×
as hot as the Sun
54.90×
the Sun's light output
0.50
absolute magnitude
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HR 1248A-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 144026 ly
StarHR 130531 ly
StarHR 133540 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.