B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3174

HR 3174 is a blue-white star in the constellation Monoceros 1,004 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,201 K, about 1.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 261× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,004 years ago.

1,004 lybrightness mag 6.25B9V

Also catalogued as HD 67159 · HIP 39675

10,201 K
temperature
6.25
apparent magnitude
261× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,004 years
at light speed from Earth
1.77×
as hot as the Sun
261×
the Sun's light output
-1.19
absolute magnitude
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HR 3174B-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
StarHR 318964 ly
StarZeta Mon130 ly
StarHD 63696130 ly
StarBeta Monstar
StarAlpha Monstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Monoceros
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Monoceros

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.