A-type star · white star

HR 2138

HR 2138 is a white star in the constellation Pictor 213 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,109 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 20.34× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 213 years ago.

213 lybrightness mag 5.65A1m...

Also catalogued as HD 41214 · HIP 28484

8,109 K
temperature
5.65
apparent magnitude
20.34× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1m...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
213 years
at light speed from Earth
1.40×
as hot as the Sun
20.34×
the Sun's light output
1.58
absolute magnitude
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HR 2138A-type
Sky regionPictorthis direction
StarHR 220421 ly
StarHR 191236 ly
StarHR 267239 ly
StarAlpha Picstar
StarDelta Picstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pictor
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Pictor

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.