F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 1406

168 lybrightness mag 6.38F7V

Also catalogued as HD 28271 · HIP 20904

6,183 K

temperature

6.38

apparent magnitude

6.50× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F7V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

168 years

at light speed from Earth

1.07×

as hot as the Sun

6.50×

the Sun's light output

2.82

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1406F-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

95 Tau →23 ly apart
HR 1459 →24 ly apart
69Ups Tau →26 ly apart
65Kap1Tau →27 ly apart
HR 1670 →28 ly apart
HR 1164 →28 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.