A-type star · white star

HR 1491

153 lybrightness mag 5.96A9IV

Also catalogued as HD 29678 · HIP 22361

7,572 K

temperature

5.96

apparent magnitude

7.97× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A9IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

153 years

at light speed from Earth

1.31×

as hot as the Sun

7.97×

the Sun's light output

2.60

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1491A-type

Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 932 →21 ly apart
50 Cas →31 ly apart
HR 1107 →31 ly apart
HR 2209 →34 ly apart
HR 1647 →36 ly apart
HR 2527 →38 ly apart

Bright stars in Camelopardalis

10Bet Cam →mag 4.0
9Alp Cam →mag 4.3
7 Cam →mag 4.4
Gam Cam →mag 4.6
3 Cam →mag 5.1
43 Cam →mag 5.1
42 Cam →mag 5.1
31 Cam →mag 5.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Camelopardalis

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.