B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3020

HR 3020 is a blue-white star in the constellation Puppis 822 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,076 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 216× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 822 years ago.

822 lybrightness mag 6.02B6IV

Also catalogued as HD 63118 · HIP 37823

11,076 K
temperature
6.02
apparent magnitude
216× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B6IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
822 years
at light speed from Earth
1.92×
as hot as the Sun
216×
the Sun's light output
-0.99
absolute magnitude
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HR 3020B-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 316650 ly
StarHR 311164 ly
StarHR 290781 ly
StarNaosstar
StarPi Pupstar
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Bright stars in Puppis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.