A-type star · white star

HR 380

HR 380 is a white star in the constellation Tucana 307 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,520 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 24.91× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 307 years ago.

307 lybrightness mag 6.23A0V

Also catalogued as HD 7916 · HIP 5992

9,520 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
24.91× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
307 years
at light speed from Earth
1.65×
as hot as the Sun
24.91×
the Sun's light output
1.36
absolute magnitude
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HR 380A-type
Sky regionTucanathis direction
StarIota Tuc26 ly
StarHR 19935 ly
StarPi Tuc35 ly
StarLang-Exsterstar
StarGamma Tucstar
Nearest stars
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.