A-type star · white star

HR 2253

718 lybrightness mag 6.12A3V

Also catalogued as HD 43683 · HIP 29931

9,709 K

temperature

6.12

apparent magnitude

151× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

718 years

at light speed from Earth

1.68×

as hot as the Sun

151×

the Sun's light output

-0.59

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2253A-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2378 →63 ly apart
64 Ori →80 ly apart
129 Tau →99 ly apart
HR 2099 →99 ly apart
70Xi Ori →110 ly apart
HR 2231 →120 ly apart

Bright stars in Orion

Hatysa →mag 2.8
Tabit →mag 3.2
28Eta Ori →mag 3.4
Meissa →mag 3.4
20Tau Ori →mag 3.6
3Pi 4Ori →mag 3.7
8Pi 5Ori →mag 3.7
48Sig Ori →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Orion

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.