B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3011

HR 3011 is a blue-white star in the constellation Puppis 672 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,831 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 163× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 672 years ago.

672 lybrightness mag 5.89B8V

Also catalogued as HD 62893 · HIP 37752

11,831 K
temperature
5.89
apparent magnitude
163× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
672 years
at light speed from Earth
2.05×
as hot as the Sun
163×
the Sun's light output
-0.68
absolute magnitude
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HR 3011B-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 300122 ly
StarHR 303225 ly
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StarNaosstar
StarPi Pupstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Puppis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Puppis

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.