B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2694

HR 2694 is a blue-white star in the constellation Monoceros 2,064 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,355 K, about 1.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,124× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,064 years ago.

2,064 lybrightness mag 6.23O6

Also catalogued as HD 54662 · HIP 34536

10,355 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
1,124× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
O6
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,064 years
at light speed from Earth
1.79×
as hot as the Sun
1,124×
the Sun's light output
-2.78
absolute magnitude
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HR 2694B-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
StarHR 2732190 ly
StarHR 2897260 ly
StarHR 2699280 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.