A-type star · white star

HR 2432

HR 2432 is a white star in the constellation Monoceros. Its surface is about 9,116 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 30,478,950× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.14B1Ib

Also catalogued as HD 47240 · HIP 31697

9,116 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
30,478,950× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B1Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.58×
as hot as the Sun
30,478,950×
the Sun's light output
-13.86
absolute magnitude
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HR 2432A-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
StarHR 24226,700 ly
Star13 Mon15,000 ly
StarHR 251728,000 ly
StarBeta Monstar
StarAlpha Monstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Monoceros
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.