A-type star · white star

HR 1940

139 lybrightness mag 5.99A8Vs

Also catalogued as HD 37594 · HIP 26624

7,500 K

temperature

5.99

apparent magnitude

6.34× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A8Vs

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

139 years

at light speed from Earth

1.30×

as hot as the Sun

6.34×

the Sun's light output

2.84

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1940A-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

49 Ori →11 ly apart
HR 1955 →20 ly apart
HR 1717 →22 ly apart
HR 1687 →23 ly apart
HR 1685 →23 ly apart
29 Ori →24 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.