A-type star · white star
HR 1566
HR 1566 is a white star in the constellation Taurus 210 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,513 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 10.31× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 210 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 31236 · HIP 22850
7,513 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
10.31× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F3IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
210 years
at light speed from Earth
1.30×
as hot as the Sun
10.31×
the Sun's light output
2.32
absolute magnitude
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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.