A-type star · white star

HR 2979

HR 2979 is a white star in the constellation Volans 1,169 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,930 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 329× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,169 years ago.

1,169 lybrightness mag 6.33B9

Also catalogued as HD 62153 · HIP 36914

9,930 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
329× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,169 years
at light speed from Earth
1.72×
as hot as the Sun
329×
the Sun's light output
-1.44
absolute magnitude
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HR 2979A-type
Sky regionVolansthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Volans

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.