A-type star · white star

HR 1600

HR 1600 is a white star in the constellation Orion 1,140 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,520 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 373× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,140 years ago.

1,140 lybrightness mag 6.14B7V

Also catalogued as HD 31764 · HIP 23161

8,520 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
373× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B7V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,140 years
at light speed from Earth
1.48×
as hot as the Sun
373×
the Sun's light output
-1.58
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.