A-type star · white star

HR 1493

684 lybrightness mag 5.86B9III

Also catalogued as HD 29721 · HIP 21972

9,966 K

temperature

5.86

apparent magnitude

173× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

684 years

at light speed from Earth

1.73×

as hot as the Sun

173×

the Sun's light output

-0.75

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1493A-type

Sky regionPerseusthis direction

Nearest stars

5 Cam →90 ly apart
HR 1207 →110 ly apart
11 Cam →110 ly apart
HR 1382 →120 ly apart
8 Cam →120 ly apart
12 Cam →120 ly apart

Bright stars in Perseus

Mirfak →mag 1.8
44Zet Per →mag 2.8
45Eps Per →mag 2.9
23Gam Per →mag 2.9
39Del Per →mag 3.0
25Rho Per →mag 3.3
Miram →mag 3.8
41Nu Per →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Perseus

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.