B-type star · blue-white star

HR 1868

1,469 lybrightness mag 5.36B1V

Also catalogued as HD 36695 · HIP 26063

13,011 K

temperature

5.36

apparent magnitude

1,268× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,469 years

at light speed from Earth

2.25×

as hot as the Sun

1,268×

the Sun's light output

-2.91

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1868B-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1833 →87 ly apart
HR 1861 →92 ly apart
HR 1900 →100 ly apart
HR 1786 →120 ly apart
HR 1950 →120 ly apart
43The2Ori →140 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 5.4To 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.