B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2325

HR 2325 is a blue-white star in the constellation Monoceros 1,294 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,508 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 471× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,294 years ago.

1,294 lybrightness mag 6.16B2.5V

Also catalogued as HD 45321 · HIP 30660

12,508 K
temperature
6.16
apparent magnitude
471× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B2.5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,294 years
at light speed from Earth
2.17×
as hot as the Sun
471×
the Sun's light output
-1.83
absolute magnitude
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HR 2325B-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.