F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 1959

263 lybrightness mag 6.41A9IV-V

Also catalogued as HD 37904 · HIP 26820

7,337 K

temperature

6.41

apparent magnitude

15.49× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A9IV-V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

263 years

at light speed from Earth

1.27×

as hot as the Sun

15.49×

the Sun's light output

1.88

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1959F-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

38 Ori →35 ly apart
51 Ori →37 ly apart
2 Mon →44 ly apart
HR 1777 →46 ly apart
1 Mon →49 ly apart
HR 1591 →54 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.