A-type star · white star

HR 2644

HR 2644 is a white star in the constellation Lynx 325 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,008 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 29.46× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 325 years ago.

325 lybrightness mag 6.17A3Vs

Also catalogued as HD 52859 · HIP 34217

9,008 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
29.46× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3Vs
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
325 years
at light speed from Earth
1.56×
as hot as the Sun
29.46×
the Sun's light output
1.18
absolute magnitude
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HR 2644A-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
StarHR 275133 ly
Star11 Lyn34 ly
StarHR 293942 ly
StarAlpha Lynstar
Star38 Lynstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lynx
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lynx

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.