F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 2179

HR 2179 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Monoceros 204 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,147 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 11.68× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 204 years ago.

204 lybrightness mag 6.16F3IVw

Also catalogued as HD 42278 · HIP 29210

7,147 K

temperature

6.16

apparent magnitude

11.68× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F3IVw

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

204 years

at light speed from Earth

1.24×

as hot as the Sun

11.68×

the Sun's light output

2.18

absolute magnitude

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HR 2179F-type

Sky regionMonocerosthis direction

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Bright stars in Monoceros

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Monoceros

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.