B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2461

1,254 lybrightness mag 5.79B8III

Also catalogued as HD 47964 · HIP 31992

11,473 K

temperature

5.79

apparent magnitude

622× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,254 years

at light speed from Earth

1.99×

as hot as the Sun

622×

the Sun's light output

-2.13

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2461B-type

Sky regionMonocerosthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2325 →140 ly apart
19 Mon →160 ly apart
HR 2655 →180 ly apart
HR 2582 →190 ly apart
10 Mon →210 ly apart
HR 2731 →210 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?

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.