B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3101

HR 3101 is a blue-white star in the constellation Puppis 2,026 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,761 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,313× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,026 years ago.

2,026 lybrightness mag 6.02B6V

Also catalogued as HD 65211 · HIP 38732

11,761 K
temperature
6.02
apparent magnitude
1,313× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B6V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,026 years
at light speed from Earth
2.04×
as hot as the Sun
1,313×
the Sun's light output
-2.95
absolute magnitude
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HR 3101B-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
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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.