B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2409

HR 2409 is a blue-white star in the constellation Monoceros 1,524 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,076 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 927× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,524 years ago.

1,524 lybrightness mag 5.78B8Ib

Also catalogued as HD 46769 · HIP 31446

10,076 K
temperature
5.78
apparent magnitude
927× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B8Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,524 years
at light speed from Earth
1.75×
as hot as the Sun
927×
the Sun's light output
-2.57
absolute magnitude
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HR 2409B-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
StarHR 2406240 ly
StarHR 2325270 ly
StarHR 2461270 ly
StarBeta Monstar
StarAlpha Monstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Monoceros
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook 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.