A-type star · white star

HR 1553

HR 1553 is a white star in the constellation Orion 610 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,434 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 109× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 610 years ago.

610 lybrightness mag 6.11B5V

Also catalogued as HD 30870 · HIP 22597

9,434 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
109× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
610 years
at light speed from Earth
1.63×
as hot as the Sun
109×
the Sun's light output
-0.25
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Orion

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.