B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2187

741 lybrightness mag 6.26B8II

Also catalogued as HD 42448 · HIP 29129

12,197 K

temperature

6.26

apparent magnitude

141× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

741 years

at light speed from Earth

2.11×

as hot as the Sun

141×

the Sun's light output

-0.52

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2187B-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2211 →20 ly apart
Elkurud →93 ly apart
HR 2393 →110 ly apart
HR 2044 →120 ly apart
HR 2563 →120 ly apart
HR 2203 →120 ly apart

Bright stars in Puppis

Naos →mag 2.2
Pi Pup →mag 2.7
Tureis →mag 2.8
Tau Pup →mag 2.9
Pipit →mag 3.2
Sig Pup →mag 3.3
Azmidi →mag 3.3
3 Pup →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Puppis

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.