B-type star · blue-white star

46 Eri

828 lybrightness mag 5.71B9p Si

Also catalogued as HR 1449 · HD 29009 · HIP 21278

12,066 K

temperature

5.71

apparent magnitude

292× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9p Si

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

828 years

at light speed from Earth

2.09×

as hot as the Sun

292×

the Sun's light output

-1.31

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

46 EriB-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1462 →46 ly apart
HR 1363 →61 ly apart
HR 1452 →74 ly apart
HR 1332 →91 ly apart
HR 1447 →100 ly apart
HR 1450 →110 ly apart

Bright stars in Eridanus

Cursa →mag 2.8
Acamar →mag 2.9
Zaurak →mag 3.0
Rana →mag 3.5
41Ups4Eri →mag 3.5
Phi Eri →mag 3.6
Chi Eri →mag 3.7
16Tau4Eri →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Eridanus

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.