B-type star · blue-white star

HR 1973

429 lybrightness mag 5.29B9/B9.5V

Also catalogued as HD 38170 · HIP 26868

10,543 K

temperature

5.29

apparent magnitude

115× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9/B9.5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

429 years

at light speed from Earth

1.83×

as hot as the Sun

115×

the Sun's light output

-0.30

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1973B-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1958 →17 ly apart
HR 1947 →47 ly apart
HR 2279 →60 ly apart
HR 2262 →65 ly apart
HR 1758 →67 ly apart
HR 2140 →73 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.3To see it no equipment neededLook 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.