A-type star · white star

HR 2572

HR 2572 is a white star in the constellation Monoceros 552 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,428 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 166× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.4 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 552 years ago.

552 lybrightness mag 5.44A4IV

Also catalogued as HD 50747 · HIP 33184

8,428 K
temperature
5.44
apparent magnitude
166× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A4IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
552 years
at light speed from Earth
1.46×
as hot as the Sun
166×
the Sun's light output
-0.70
absolute magnitude
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HR 2572A-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Monoceros
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.4To 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.