B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2410

HR 2410 is a blue-white star in the constellation Pictor 1,240 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,429 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 437× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,240 years ago.

1,240 lybrightness mag 6.15B3V

Also catalogued as HD 46792 · HIP 31068

12,429 K
temperature
6.15
apparent magnitude
437× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,240 years
at light speed from Earth
2.15×
as hot as the Sun
437×
the Sun's light output
-1.75
absolute magnitude
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HR 2410B-type
Sky regionPictorthis direction
StarHD 54967110 ly
StarHR 2337140 ly
StarHR 2073150 ly
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StarGamma Picstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pictor
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pictor

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.