B-type star · blue-white star

Electra

405 lybrightness mag 3.72B6III

Also catalogued as 17 Tau · HR 1142 · HD 23302 · HIP 17499

11,658 K

temperature

3.72

apparent magnitude

436× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B6III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

405 years

at light speed from Earth

2.02×

as hot as the Sun

436×

the Sun's light output

-1.75

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

ElectraB-type

Sky regionTaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

Alcyone →4.5 ly apart
Taygeta →5.2 ly apart
18 Tau →6.9 ly apart
HR 1172 →20 ly apart
Maia →22 ly apart
Atlas →23 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.