B-type star · blue-white star

HR 1861

1,561 lybrightness mag 5.34B1IV

Also catalogued as HD 36591 · HIP 25980

13,302 K

temperature

5.34

apparent magnitude

1,457× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,561 years

at light speed from Earth

2.30×

as hot as the Sun

1,457×

the Sun's light output

-3.06

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1861B-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1900 →50 ly apart
HR 1868 →92 ly apart
43The2Ori →110 ly apart
HR 1923 →110 ly apart
HR 1911 →130 ly apart
HR 1786 →130 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 5.3To 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.