B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2231

654 lybrightness mag 6.07B6V

Also catalogued as HD 43285 · HIP 29728

11,993 K

temperature

6.07

apparent magnitude

130× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B6V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

654 years

at light speed from Earth

2.08×

as hot as the Sun

130×

the Sun's light output

-0.44

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2231B-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2174 →45 ly apart
HD 42787 →59 ly apart
HR 2474 →86 ly apart
HR 2378 →88 ly apart
HR 2335 →91 ly apart
HR 2019 →100 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 6.1To 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.