A-type star · white star

HD 63630

HD 63630 is a white star in the constellation Lynx 338 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,064 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 23.55× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 338 years ago.

338 lybrightness mag 6.50A3

Also catalogued as HIP 38403

8,064 K
temperature
6.50
apparent magnitude
23.55× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
338 years
at light speed from Earth
1.40×
as hot as the Sun
23.55×
the Sun's light output
1.42
absolute magnitude
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HD 63630A-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
StarHR 293929 ly
StarHD 5868138 ly
StarHR 275141 ly
StarAlpha Lynstar
Star38 Lynstar
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Bright stars in Lynx
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lynx

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.