A-type star · white star

HR 281

HR 281 is a white star in the constellation Tucana 558 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,066 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 82.26× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 558 years ago.

558 lybrightness mag 6.23Am

Also catalogued as HD 5771 · HIP 4563

9,066 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
82.26× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
Am
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
558 years
at light speed from Earth
1.57×
as hot as the Sun
82.26×
the Sun's light output
0.06
absolute magnitude
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HR 281A-type
Sky regionTucanathis direction
StarHR 58480 ly
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StarLang-Exsterstar
StarGamma Tucstar
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Bright stars in Tucana
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Tucana

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.