B-type star · blue-white star

HR 4009

1,274 lybrightness mag 5.70B2IVnpe

Also catalogued as HD 88661 · HIP 49934

11,885 K

temperature

5.70

apparent magnitude

698× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2IVnpe

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,274 years

at light speed from Earth

2.06×

as hot as the Sun

698×

the Sun's light output

-2.26

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4009B-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4114 →85 ly apart
HR 3955 →120 ly apart
HR 4159 →120 ly apart
HR 3825 →120 ly apart
HR 4074 →140 ly apart
HD 93695 →150 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 5.7To 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.