B-type star · blue-white star

HR 1312

HR 1312 is a blue-white star in the constellation Eridanus 718 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,011 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 111× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 718 years ago.

718 lybrightness mag 6.45B5IV

Also catalogued as HD 26739 · HIP 19725

12,011 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
111× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
718 years
at light speed from Earth
2.08×
as hot as the Sun
111×
the Sun's light output
-0.27
absolute magnitude
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HR 1312B-type
Sky regionEridanusthis direction
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Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Eridanus

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.