A-type star · white star

HR 277

HR 277 is a white star in the constellation Pisces 423 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,135 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 37.84× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 423 years ago.

423 lybrightness mag 6.47A2V

Also catalogued as HD 5641 · HIP 4558

9,135 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
37.84× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
423 years
at light speed from Earth
1.58×
as hot as the Sun
37.84×
the Sun's light output
0.91
absolute magnitude
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HR 277A-type
Sky regionPiscesthis direction
Star55 Psc32 ly
StarHR 17838 ly
StarPhi Psc43 ly
StarAlphergstar
StarGamma Pscstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pisces
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pisces

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.