B-type star · blue-white star

Gam Col

870 lybrightness mag 4.36B2.5IV

Also catalogued as HR 2106 · HD 40494 · HIP 28199

12,796 K

temperature

4.36

apparent magnitude

1,117× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2.5IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

870 years

at light speed from Earth

2.22×

as hot as the Sun

1,117×

the Sun's light output

-2.77

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Gam ColB-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2203 →87 ly apart
HR 2098 →96 ly apart
HR 2364 →110 ly apart
HR 2149 →150 ly apart
HR 1972 →150 ly apart
Elkurud →150 ly apart

Bright stars in Columba

Phact →mag 2.6
Wazn →mag 3.1
Del Col →mag 3.9
Eps Col →mag 3.9
Eta Col →mag 4.0
Kap Col →mag 4.4
Omi Col →mag 4.8
Lam Col →mag 4.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.4To see it no equipment neededLook toward Columba

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.