B-type star · blue-white star

Pi 2Col

243 lybrightness mag 5.50A0V

Also catalogued as HR 2181 · HD 42303 · HIP 29064

10,039 K

temperature

5.50

apparent magnitude

30.48× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

243 years

at light speed from Earth

1.74×

as hot as the Sun

30.48×

the Sun's light output

1.14

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Pi 2ColB-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2368 →17 ly apart
Pi 1Col →29 ly apart
Del Col →39 ly apart
HR 2160 →41 ly apart
HR 2399 →42 ly apart
HR 1984 →43 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook 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.