B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2279

408 lybrightness mag 5.76B9V

Also catalogued as HD 44323 · HIP 30069

11,247 K

temperature

5.76

apparent magnitude

67.61× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

408 years

at light speed from Earth

1.95×

as hot as the Sun

67.61×

the Sun's light output

0.28

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2279B-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

Lam CMa →24 ly apart
HR 2411 →29 ly apart
HR 2262 →35 ly apart
Furud →54 ly apart
HR 2444 →59 ly apart
HR 1973 →60 ly apart

Bright stars in Columba

Phact →mag 2.6
Wazn →mag 3.1
Del Col →mag 3.9
Eps Col →mag 3.9
Eta Col →mag 4.0
Gam Col →mag 4.4
Kap Col →mag 4.4
Omi Col →mag 4.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Columba

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.