A-type star · white star

HR 1882

HR 1882 is a white star in the constellation Dorado 371 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,974 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 37.77× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 371 years ago.

371 lybrightness mag 6.19F0IV

Also catalogued as HD 36876 · HIP 25781

7,974 K
temperature
6.19
apparent magnitude
37.77× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F0IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
371 years
at light speed from Earth
1.38×
as hot as the Sun
37.77×
the Sun's light output
0.91
absolute magnitude
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HR 1882A-type
Sky regionDoradothis direction
StarHR 219631 ly
StarHR 143547 ly
StarEta Ret52 ly
StarAlpha Dorstar
StarBeta Dorstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Dorado
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Dorado

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.