B-type star · blue-white star

56 Eri

brightness mag 5.78B2Ve

Also catalogued as HR 1508 · HD 30076 · HIP 22024

11,184 K

temperature

5.78

apparent magnitude

42,461,956× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2Ve

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.94×

as hot as the Sun

42,461,956×

the Sun's light output

-14.22

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

56 EriB-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

StarHR 170442,000 ly

StarHD 2483472,000 ly

Star41The1Ori74,000 ly

StarCursastar

StarAcamarstar

Nearest stars

HR 1704 →42,000 ly apart
HD 24834 →72,000 ly apart
41The1Ori →74,000 ly apart
41The1Ori →74,000 ly apart
41The1Ori →74,000 ly apart
66 Ori →130,000 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 5.8To 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.