B-type star · blue-white star

Kap Men

285 lybrightness mag 5.46B9.5V

Also catalogued as HR 2125 · HD 40953 · HIP 27566

11,184 K
temperature
5.46
apparent magnitude
43.57× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9.5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
285 years
at light speed from Earth
1.94×
as hot as the Sun
43.57×
the Sun's light output
0.75
absolute magnitude
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Kap MenB-type
Sky regionMensathis direction
StarHR 98139 ly
StarHR 352444 ly
StarMu Hyi45 ly
StarHoerikwaggostar
StarGam Menstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Mensa
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Mensa

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.