B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2709

HR 2709 is a blue-white star in the constellation Camelopardalis 861 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,529 K, about 1.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 183× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 861 years ago.

861 lybrightness mag 6.30A0III

Also catalogued as HD 55075 · HIP 36019

10,529 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
183× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
861 years
at light speed from Earth
1.82×
as hot as the Sun
183×
the Sun's light output
-0.81
absolute magnitude
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HR 2709B-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 3075120 ly
StarHR 2078120 ly
StarHR 1289130 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Camelopardalis

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.