B-type star · blue-white star

HR 1423

1,517 lybrightness mag 5.61B2V:ne

Also catalogued as HD 28497 · HIP 20922

13,633 K

temperature

5.61

apparent magnitude

1,074× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2V:ne

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,517 years

at light speed from Earth

2.36×

as hot as the Sun

1,074×

the Sun's light output

-2.73

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1423B-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1345 →210 ly apart
HR 1595 →240 ly apart
8 Lep →390 ly apart
HR 1640 →420 ly apart
8Pi 5Ori →450 ly apart
HR 1944 →470 ly apart

Bright stars in Eridanus

Cursa →mag 2.8
Acamar →mag 2.9
Zaurak →mag 3.0
Rana →mag 3.5
41Ups4Eri →mag 3.5
Phi Eri →mag 3.6
Chi Eri →mag 3.7
16Tau4Eri →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook 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.