B-type star · blue-white star

HR 2479

2,861 lybrightness mag 5.88B0III

Also catalogued as HD 48434 · HIP 32226

10,738 K

temperature

5.88

apparent magnitude

2,979× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,861 years

at light speed from Earth

1.86×

as hot as the Sun

2,979×

the Sun's light output

-3.83

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2479B-type

Sky regionMonocerosthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2467 →140 ly apart
HR 2310 →320 ly apart
32 Gem →440 ly apart
HR 2597 →500 ly apart
HR 2442 →700 ly apart
HR 2635 →720 ly apart

Bright stars in Monoceros

11Bet Mon →mag 3.8
26Alp Mon →mag 3.9
5Gam Mon →mag 4.0
22Del Mon →mag 4.2
29Zet Mon →mag 4.4
8Eps Mon →mag 4.4
13 Mon →mag 4.5
18 Mon →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Monoceros

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.