A-type star · white star

HR 1525

HR 1525 is a white star in the constellation Eridanus 183 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,249 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 9.27× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 183 years ago.

183 lybrightness mag 6.18A2IV/V

Also catalogued as HD 30422 · HIP 22192

8,249 K

temperature

6.18

apparent magnitude

9.27× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2IV/V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

183 years

at light speed from Earth

1.43×

as hot as the Sun

9.27×

the Sun's light output

2.43

absolute magnitude

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HR 1525A-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

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Bright stars in Eridanus

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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.