A-type star · white star

HR 1550

HR 1550 is a white star in the constellation Auriga 453 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,885 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 89.78× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 453 years ago.

453 lybrightness mag 5.68A3III

Also catalogued as HD 30823 · HIP 22699

8,885 K
temperature
5.68
apparent magnitude
89.78× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
453 years
at light speed from Earth
1.54×
as hot as the Sun
89.78×
the Sun's light output
-0.03
absolute magnitude
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HR 1550A-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
StarHR 151428 ly
StarHR 182463 ly
StarSigma Aur66 ly
StarMenkalinanstar
StarMahasimstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Auriga
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Auriga

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.