B-type star · blue-white star

16 Mon

858 lybrightness mag 5.92B2.5V

Also catalogued as HR 2494 · HD 48977 · HIP 32463

12,967 K

temperature

5.92

apparent magnitude

258× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2.5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

858 years

at light speed from Earth

2.25×

as hot as the Sun

258×

the Sun's light output

-1.18

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

16 MonB-type

Sky regionMonocerosthis direction

Nearest stars

15 Mon →67 ly apart
HR 2610 →89 ly apart
HR 2613 →110 ly apart
33 Gem →110 ly apart
HR 2457 →130 ly apart
HR 2334 →140 ly apart

Bright stars in Monoceros

11Bet Mon →mag 3.8
26Alp Mon →mag 3.9
5Gam Mon →mag 4.0
22Del Mon →mag 4.2
29Zet Mon →mag 4.4
8Eps Mon →mag 4.4
13 Mon →mag 4.5
18 Mon →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.