A-type star · white star

HR 1559

268 lybrightness mag 5.82A2/A3V

Also catalogued as HD 31093 · HIP 22573

8,980 K

temperature

5.82

apparent magnitude

27.64× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2/A3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

268 years

at light speed from Earth

1.56×

as hot as the Sun

27.64×

the Sun's light output

1.25

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1559A-type

Sky regionCaelumthis direction

Nearest stars

Eps Col →38 ly apart
Beemim →40 ly apart
HR 1881 →40 ly apart
HR 1835 →42 ly apart
HR 1655 →46 ly apart
HR 1723 →46 ly apart

Bright stars in Caelum

Alp Cae →mag 4.4
Gam1Cae →mag 4.5
Bet Cae →mag 5.0
Del Cae →mag 5.1
Gam2Cae →mag 6.3
Zet Cae →mag 6.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Caelum

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.