A-type star · white star

Pi 1Col

272 lybrightness mag 6.15Am

Also catalogued as HR 2171 · HD 42078 · HIP 28957

7,823 K

temperature

6.15

apparent magnitude

21.01× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

272 years

at light speed from Earth

1.36×

as hot as the Sun

21.01×

the Sun's light output

1.54

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Pi 1ColA-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1984 →27 ly apart
Pi 2Col →29 ly apart
HR 2399 →32 ly apart
HR 2160 →32 ly apart
HR 2368 →35 ly apart
HR 2263 →36 ly apart

Bright stars in Columba

Phact →mag 2.6
Wazn →mag 3.1
Del Col →mag 3.9
Eps Col →mag 3.9
Eta Col →mag 4.0
Gam Col →mag 4.4
Kap Col →mag 4.4
Omi Col →mag 4.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Columba

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.