F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 1978

192 lybrightness mag 6.09F0III:n

Also catalogued as HD 38309 · HIP 27118

7,337 K

temperature

6.09

apparent magnitude

11.06× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F0III:n

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

192 years

at light speed from Earth

1.27×

as hot as the Sun

11.06×

the Sun's light output

2.24

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1978F-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

27 Ori →24 ly apart
21 Ori →25 ly apart
HR 1782 →26 ly apart
16 Ori →37 ly apart
HR 1955 →37 ly apart
14 Ori →41 ly apart

Bright stars in Orion

Hatysa →mag 2.8
Tabit →mag 3.2
28Eta Ori →mag 3.4
Meissa →mag 3.4
20Tau Ori →mag 3.6
3Pi 4Ori →mag 3.7
8Pi 5Ori →mag 3.7
48Sig Ori →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Orion

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.