B-type star · blue-white star
HR 2237
HR 2237 is a blue-white star in the constellation Monoceros 698 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,263 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 146× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 698 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 43362 · HIP 29705
11,263 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
146× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
698 years
at light speed from Earth
1.95×
as hot as the Sun
146×
the Sun's light output
-0.56
absolute magnitude
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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.