A-type star · white star

HR 2111

HR 2111 is a white star in the constellation Gemini 2,297 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,026 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,658× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,297 years ago.

2,297 lybrightness mag 6.04B9Iab

Also catalogued as HD 40589 · HIP 28500

8,026 K
temperature
6.04
apparent magnitude
1,658× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9Iab
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,297 years
at light speed from Earth
1.39×
as hot as the Sun
1,658×
the Sun's light output
-3.20
absolute magnitude
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HR 2111A-type
Sky regionGeminithis direction
StarHR 2169320 ly
Star25 Gem410 ly
StarHR 1939420 ly
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Bright stars in Gemini
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Gemini

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.