A-type star · white star

HD 59640

HD 59640 is a white star in the constellation Volans 269 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,839 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 14.98× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 269 years ago.

269 lybrightness mag 6.49A3V

Also catalogued as HIP 35946

8,839 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
14.98× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
269 years
at light speed from Earth
1.53×
as hot as the Sun
14.98×
the Sun's light output
1.91
absolute magnitude
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HD 59640A-type
Sky regionVolansthis direction
StarPi² Dor25 ly
StarHR 337028 ly
StarHR 266231 ly
StarBeta Volstar
StarGamma² Volstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Volans
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Volans

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.