B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2446

1,144 lybrightness mag 5.72B6IV

Also catalogued as HD 47500 · HIP 31637

11,779 K

temperature

5.72

apparent magnitude

553× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B6IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,144 years

at light speed from Earth

2.04×

as hot as the Sun

553×

the Sun's light output

-2.01

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2446B-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2475 →71 ly apart
HD 46347 →140 ly apart
HR 2170 →180 ly apart
HR 2510 →190 ly apart
Nganurganity →210 ly apart
HR 2149 →210 ly apart

Bright stars in Columba

Phact →mag 2.6
Wazn →mag 3.1
Del Col →mag 3.9
Eps Col →mag 3.9
Eta Col →mag 4.0
Gam Col →mag 4.4
Kap Col →mag 4.4
Omi Col →mag 4.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Columba

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.