A-type star · white star

HR 1712

1,874 lybrightness mag 5.99O9.5Vvar

Also catalogued as HD 34078 · HIP 24575

8,171 K

temperature

5.99

apparent magnitude

1,156× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

O9.5Vvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,874 years

at light speed from Earth

1.42×

as hot as the Sun

1,156×

the Sun's light output

-2.81

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1712A-type

Sky regionAurigathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1939 →200 ly apart
19 Aur →210 ly apart
HR 1795 →240 ly apart
HR 1615 →280 ly apart
HR 1669 →310 ly apart
Almaaz →430 ly apart

Bright stars in Auriga

Menkalinan →mag 1.9
Mahasim →mag 2.6
Hassaleh →mag 2.7
Almaaz →mag 3.0
Haedus →mag 3.2
Saclateni →mag 3.7
33Del Aur →mag 3.7
32Nu Aur →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Auriga

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.