B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2510

HR 2510 is a blue-white star in the constellation Puppis 1,326 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,975 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 481× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,326 years ago.

1,326 lybrightness mag 6.19B3Vne

Also catalogued as HD 49336 · HIP 32434

11,975 K
temperature
6.19
apparent magnitude
481× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3Vne
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,326 years
at light speed from Earth
2.07×
as hot as the Sun
481×
the Sun's light output
-1.85
absolute magnitude
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HR 2510B-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 2475180 ly
StarHR 2446190 ly
StarHR 2819220 ly
StarNaosstar
StarPi Pupstar
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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.