A-type star · white star

HR 2925

HR 2925 is a white star in the constellation Carina 1,489 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,297 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 554× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,489 years ago.

1,489 lybrightness mag 6.29A1III/IV

Also catalogued as HD 61031 · HIP 36856

9,297 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
554× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1III/IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,489 years
at light speed from Earth
1.61×
as hot as the Sun
554×
the Sun's light output
-2.01
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

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.