A-type star · white star

HR 2442

2,174 lybrightness mag 6.23O9.5II

Also catalogued as HD 47432 · HIP 31766

9,165 K

temperature

6.23

apparent magnitude

1,247× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

O9.5II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,174 years

at light speed from Earth

1.59×

as hot as the Sun

1,247×

the Sun's light output

-2.89

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2442A-type

Sky regionMonocerosthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2865 →510 ly apart
HR 2651 →530 ly apart
HR 2694 →530 ly apart
35 Gem →580 ly apart
HR 2876 →590 ly apart
HR 2310 →590 ly apart

Bright stars in Monoceros

11Bet Mon →mag 3.8
26Alp Mon →mag 3.9
5Gam Mon →mag 4.0
22Del Mon →mag 4.2
29Zet Mon →mag 4.4
8Eps Mon →mag 4.4
13 Mon →mag 4.5
18 Mon →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To 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.