B-type star · blue-white star

HR 1778

400 lybrightness mag 5.99B8+...

Also catalogued as HD 35281 · HIP 25187

10,612 K

temperature

5.99

apparent magnitude

52.67× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B8+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

400 years

at light speed from Earth

1.84×

as hot as the Sun

52.67×

the Sun's light output

0.55

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1778B-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1799 →39 ly apart
45 Ori →51 ly apart
HR 1661 →51 ly apart
HR 1986 →59 ly apart
HD 36150 →64 ly apart
7Nu Lep →71 ly apart

Bright stars in Orion

Hatysa →mag 2.8
Tabit →mag 3.2
28Eta Ori →mag 3.4
Meissa →mag 3.4
20Tau Ori →mag 3.6
3Pi 4Ori →mag 3.7
8Pi 5Ori →mag 3.7
48Sig Ori →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Orion

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.