B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2348

HR 2348 is a blue-white star in the constellation Puppis 588 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,956 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 140× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 588 years ago.

588 lybrightness mag 5.76B9V

Also catalogued as HD 45572 · HIP 30591

10,956 K
temperature
5.76
apparent magnitude
140× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
588 years
at light speed from Earth
1.90×
as hot as the Sun
140×
the Sun's light output
-0.52
absolute magnitude
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HR 2348B-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 241646 ly
StarHR 239077 ly
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StarNaosstar
StarPi Pupstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Puppis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Puppis

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.