F-type star · yellow-white star
HR 1279
HR 1279 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Taurus 142 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,896 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 6.48× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 142 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 26015 · HIP 19261
6,896 K
temperature
6.02
apparent magnitude
6.48× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
142 years
at light speed from Earth
1.19×
as hot as the Sun
6.48×
the Sun's light output
2.82
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Nearest stars
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
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.