B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2475

HR 2475 is a blue-white star in the constellation Puppis 1,161 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,409 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 379× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,161 years ago.

1,161 lybrightness mag 6.16B4V

Also catalogued as HD 48383 · HIP 32007

12,409 K
temperature
6.16
apparent magnitude
379× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B4V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,161 years
at light speed from Earth
2.15×
as hot as the Sun
379×
the Sun's light output
-1.60
absolute magnitude
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HR 2475B-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Puppis

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.