B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2461

HR 2461 is a blue-white star in the constellation Monoceros 1,254 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,473 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 622× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,254 years ago.

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
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HR 2461B-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
StarHR 2325140 ly
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StarBeta Monstar
StarAlpha Monstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Monoceros
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.