F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 2400

120 lybrightness mag 5.58F8V

Also catalogued as HD 46569 · HIP 31079

6,239 K

temperature

5.58

apparent magnitude

6.96× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F8V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

120 years

at light speed from Earth

1.08×

as hot as the Sun

6.96×

the Sun's light output

2.74

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2400F-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2094 →14 ly apart
HR 2274 →16 ly apart
HR 2562 →21 ly apart
HR 2813 →22 ly apart
Zet Pic →24 ly apart
Tapecue →26 ly apart

Bright stars in Carina

Miaplacidus →mag 1.7
Avior →mag 1.9
Aspidiske →mag 2.2
The Car →mag 2.7
Ups Car →mag 2.9
Ome Car →mag 3.3
Chi Car →mag 3.5
Eta Car →mag 6.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Carina

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.