B-type star · blue-white star

HR 4173

HR 4173 is a blue-white star in the constellation Carina 1,007 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,066 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 365× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,007 years ago.

1,007 lybrightness mag 5.89B3IV

Also catalogued as HD 92287 · HIP 52043

12,066 K
temperature
5.89
apparent magnitude
365× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,007 years
at light speed from Earth
2.09×
as hot as the Sun
365×
the Sun's light output
-1.56
absolute magnitude
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HR 4173B-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
StarHR 4022110 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Carina
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.