B-type star · blue-white star

HR 1966

501 lybrightness mag 6.35B9.5V

Also catalogued as HD 38056 · HIP 26796

10,653 K

temperature

6.35

apparent magnitude

59.27× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9.5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

501 years

at light speed from Earth

1.85×

as hot as the Sun

59.27×

the Sun's light output

0.42

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1966B-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2009 →37 ly apart
HR 1766 →47 ly apart
HR 1721 →53 ly apart
HR 2082 →63 ly apart
HR 1973 →73 ly apart
HR 1958 →79 ly apart

Bright stars in Columba

Phact →mag 2.6
Wazn →mag 3.1
Del Col →mag 3.9
Eps Col →mag 3.9
Eta Col →mag 4.0
Gam Col →mag 4.4
Kap Col →mag 4.4
Omi Col →mag 4.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Columba

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.