A-type star · white star
HR 1596
HR 1596 is a white star in the constellation Orion 435 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,932 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 45.08× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 435 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 31739 · HIP 23092
8,932 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
45.08× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
435 years
at light speed from Earth
1.55×
as hot as the Sun
45.08×
the Sun's light output
0.71
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Nearest stars
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
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.