A-type star · white star

HR 2499

576 lybrightness mag 6.35A2V

Also catalogued as HD 49059 · HIP 32539

9,370 K

temperature

6.35

apparent magnitude

78.42× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

576 years

at light speed from Earth

1.62×

as hot as the Sun

78.42×

the Sun's light output

0.11

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2499A-type

Sky regionGeminithis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2632 →51 ly apart
18Nu Gem →57 ly apart
51 Gem →73 ly apart
HR 2269 →78 ly apart
HR 2649 →86 ly apart
HR 2214 →89 ly apart

Bright stars in Gemini

Pollux →mag 1.2
Alhena →mag 1.9
Castor B →mag 2.9
Tejat →mag 2.9
Mebsuta →mag 3.1
Propus →mag 3.3
Alzirr →mag 3.4
Wasat →mag 3.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Gemini

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.