B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2347

HR 2347 is a blue-white star in the constellation Monoceros 527 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,001 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 58.18× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 527 years ago.

527 lybrightness mag 6.48B9V

Also catalogued as HD 45563 · HIP 30798

11,001 K

temperature

6.48

apparent magnitude

58.18× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

527 years

at light speed from Earth

1.91×

as hot as the Sun

58.18×

the Sun's light output

0.44

absolute magnitude

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HR 2347B-type

Sky regionMonocerosthis direction

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Bright stars in Monoceros

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Brightness mag 6.5To 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.