A-type star · white star

HR 1972

740 lybrightness mag 6.18A0V

Also catalogued as HD 38138 · HIP 26862

9,847 K

temperature

6.18

apparent magnitude

151× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

740 years

at light speed from Earth

1.71×

as hot as the Sun

151×

the Sun's light output

-0.60

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1972A-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2005 →31 ly apart
HR 2043 →47 ly apart
HR 2098 →65 ly apart
HR 1694 →110 ly apart
Elkurud →110 ly apart
HR 2206 →110 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 6.2To 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.