B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2517

HR 2517 is a blue-white star in the constellation Monoceros. Its surface is about 12,178 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 29,922,646× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.16B3II-III

Also catalogued as HD 49567 · HIP 32682

12,178 K
temperature
6.16
apparent magnitude
29,922,646× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3II-III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
2.11×
as hot as the Sun
29,922,646×
the Sun's light output
-13.84
absolute magnitude
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HR 2517B-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
StarHR 257718,000 ly
StarHR 243228,000 ly
StarHR 242234,000 ly
StarBeta Monstar
StarAlpha Monstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Monoceros
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.