B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2656

1,348 lybrightness mag 6.44B9IIIn

Also catalogued as HD 53240 · HIP 34066

11,046 K

temperature

6.44

apparent magnitude

395× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9IIIn

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,348 years

at light speed from Earth

1.91×

as hot as the Sun

395×

the Sun's light output

-1.64

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2656B-type

Sky regionMonocerosthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2599 →94 ly apart
HR 2508 →120 ly apart
18Mu CMa →140 ly apart
HR 2655 →150 ly apart
HR 2867 →150 ly apart
HR 2731 →160 ly apart

Bright stars in Monoceros

11Bet Mon →mag 3.8
26Alp Mon →mag 3.9
5Gam Mon →mag 4.0
22Del Mon →mag 4.2
29Zet Mon →mag 4.4
8Eps Mon →mag 4.4
13 Mon →mag 4.5
18 Mon →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To 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.