A-type star · white star
3C 273
3C 273 is a white star in the constellation Virgo. Its surface is about 8,839 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 61,376× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 12.9 it is within reach of 8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope.
brightness mag 12.88
Also catalogued as HIP 60936
8,839 K
temperature
12.88
apparent magnitude
61,376× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
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spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
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at light speed from Earth
1.53×
as hot as the Sun
61,376×
the Sun's light output
-7.12
absolute magnitude
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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.