B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2467

HR 2467 is a blue-white star in the constellation Monoceros 2,788 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,311 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,818× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,788 years ago.

2,788 lybrightness mag 6.36O6

Also catalogued as HD 48099 · HIP 32067

11,311 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
1,818× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
O6
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,788 years
at light speed from Earth
1.96×
as hot as the Sun
1,818×
the Sun's light output
-3.30
absolute magnitude
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HR 2467B-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.