F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 1515

HR 1515 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Camelopardalis 171 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,337 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 7.08× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 171 years ago.

171 lybrightness mag 6.32F0

Also catalogued as HD 30144 · HIP 22300

7,337 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
7.08× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
171 years
at light speed from Earth
1.27×
as hot as the Sun
7.08×
the Sun's light output
2.73
absolute magnitude
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HR 1515F-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
Star4 Cam3.7 ly
StarHR 119224 ly
Star2 Cam27 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.