A-type star · white star

HR 1615

HR 1615 is a white star in the constellation Auriga 1,989 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,257 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,165× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,989 years ago.

1,989 lybrightness mag 6.11A2sh

Also catalogued as HD 32188 · HIP 23511

8,257 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
1,165× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A2sh
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,989 years
at light speed from Earth
1.43×
as hot as the Sun
1,165×
the Sun's light output
-2.82
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Auriga

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.