B-type star · blue-white star

Mu Col

1,331 lybrightness mag 5.18B1IV/V

Also catalogued as HR 1996 · HD 38666 · HIP 27204

15,680 K

temperature

5.18

apparent magnitude

1,229× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1IV/V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,331 years

at light speed from Earth

2.72×

as hot as the Sun

1,229×

the Sun's light output

-2.87

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Mu ColB-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1772 →170 ly apart
HR 2380 →260 ly apart
HR 2166 →270 ly apart
HR 1584 →300 ly apart
HR 2117 →300 ly apart
HR 2446 →310 ly apart

Bright stars in Columba

Phact →mag 2.6
Wazn →mag 3.1
Del Col →mag 3.9
Eps Col →mag 3.9
Eta Col →mag 4.0
Gam Col →mag 4.4
Kap Col →mag 4.4
Omi Col →mag 4.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Columba

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.