A-type star · white star

HR 1402

588 lybrightness mag 5.87B8IV

Also catalogued as HD 28217 · HIP 20804

9,552 K

temperature

5.87

apparent magnitude

127× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

588 years

at light speed from Earth

1.65×

as hot as the Sun

127×

the Sun's light output

-0.41

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1402A-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 27860 →35 ly apart
HR 1446 →38 ly apart
HD 28595 →57 ly apart
HR 1397 →65 ly apart
HR 1243 →67 ly apart
HR 1553 →67 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 5.9To 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.