B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3116

HR 3116 is a blue-white star in the constellation Puppis 1,094 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,817 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 911× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,094 years ago.

1,094 lybrightness mag 5.08B2.5IV

Also catalogued as HD 65551 · HIP 38872

12,817 K
temperature
5.08
apparent magnitude
911× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B2.5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,094 years
at light speed from Earth
2.22×
as hot as the Sun
911×
the Sun's light output
-2.55
absolute magnitude
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HR 3116B-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 298475 ly
StarGamma² Vel78 ly
StarHR 323481 ly
StarPi Pupstar
StarTureisstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Puppis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To 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.