B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3038

HR 3038 is a blue-white star in the constellation Volans 408 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,543 K, about 1.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 46.77× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 408 years ago.

408 lybrightness mag 6.16A0IV/V

Also catalogued as HD 63584 · HIP 37720

10,543 K
temperature
6.16
apparent magnitude
46.77× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0IV/V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
408 years
at light speed from Earth
1.83×
as hot as the Sun
46.77×
the Sun's light output
0.68
absolute magnitude
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HR 3038B-type
Sky regionVolansthis direction
StarKappa² Vol27 ly
StarHR 317131 ly
StarKappa¹ Vol37 ly
StarBeta Volstar
StarGamma² Volstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Volans
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.