A-type star · white star

HR 2172

336 lybrightness mag 6.28A5m

Also catalogued as HD 42083 · HIP 29404

8,650 K

temperature

6.28

apparent magnitude

28.42× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A5m

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

336 years

at light speed from Earth

1.50×

as hot as the Sun

28.42×

the Sun's light output

1.22

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2172A-type

Sky regionAurigathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2079 →19 ly apart
41 Aur →23 ly apart
HR 2080 →32 ly apart
11 Lyn →33 ly apart
HR 1869 →44 ly apart
HR 2644 →48 ly apart

Bright stars in Auriga

Menkalinan →mag 1.9
Mahasim →mag 2.6
Hassaleh →mag 2.7
Almaaz →mag 3.0
Haedus →mag 3.2
Saclateni →mag 3.7
33Del Aur →mag 3.7
32Nu Aur →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Auriga

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.