A-type star · white star

Aspidiske

766 lybrightness mag 2.21A8Ib

Also catalogued as Iot Car · HR 3699 · HD 80404 · HIP 45556

8,249 K

temperature

2.21

apparent magnitude

6,269× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A8Ib

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

766 years

at light speed from Earth

1.43×

as hot as the Sun

6,269×

the Sun's light output

-4.64

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

AspidiskeA-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3536 →56 ly apart
HR 3913 →59 ly apart
HR 3568 →66 ly apart
HD 84046 →87 ly apart
HR 3957 →92 ly apart
HD 87122 →95 ly apart

Bright stars in Carina

Miaplacidus →mag 1.7
Avior →mag 1.9
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
Aiolos →mag 7.4

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 2.2To 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.