B-type star · blue-white star

8Pi 5Ori

1,342 lybrightness mag 3.71B2III SB

Also catalogued as HR 1567 · HD 31237 · HIP 22797

13,099 K

temperature

3.71

apparent magnitude

4,839× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2III SB

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,342 years

at light speed from Earth

2.27×

as hot as the Sun

4,839×

the Sun's light output

-4.36

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

8Pi 5OriB-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1648 →130 ly apart
HR 1820 →200 ly apart
HR 1803 →210 ly apart
HR 1646 →220 ly apart
HR 1833 →230 ly apart
HR 1763 →230 ly apart

Bright stars in Orion

Hatysa →mag 2.8
Tabit →mag 3.2
28Eta Ori →mag 3.4
Meissa →mag 3.4
20Tau Ori →mag 3.6
3Pi 4Ori →mag 3.7
48Sig Ori →mag 3.8
9Omi2Ori →mag 4.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Orion

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.