A-type star · white star
HR 1442
HR 1442 is a white star in the constellation Taurus 438 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,256 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 50.07× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 438 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 28867 · HIP 21251
9,256 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
50.07× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9IVn
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
438 years
at light speed from Earth
1.60×
as hot as the Sun
50.07×
the Sun's light output
0.60
absolute magnitude
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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.