A-type star · white star

HR 1738

277 lybrightness mag 5.46A3V

Also catalogued as HD 34557 · HIP 24902

8,820 K

temperature

5.46

apparent magnitude

41.15× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

277 years

at light speed from Earth

1.53×

as hot as the Sun

41.15×

the Sun's light output

0.81

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1738A-type

Sky regionAurigathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1760 →16 ly apart
HD 37250 →28 ly apart
Haedus →36 ly apart
14 Aur →42 ly apart
HR 1558 →45 ly apart
59 Per →49 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 5.5To 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.