B-type star · blue-white star

2Xi Tau

209 lybrightness mag 3.73B9Vn

Also catalogued as HR 1038 · HD 21364 · HIP 16083

11,279 K

temperature

3.73

apparent magnitude

115× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9Vn

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

209 years

at light speed from Earth

1.95×

as hot as the Sun

115×

the Sun's light output

-0.30

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

2Xi TauB-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1224 →37 ly apart
95 Cet →42 ly apart
HR 1102 →43 ly apart
HD 26292 →45 ly apart
66 Ari →48 ly apart
Menkar →52 ly apart

Bright stars in Taurus

Elnath →mag 1.6
Alcyone →mag 2.9
Tianguan →mag 3.0
Chamukuy →mag 3.4
35Lam Tau →mag 3.4
Ain →mag 3.5
1Omi Tau →mag 3.6
Atlas →mag 3.6

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Taurus

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.