A-type star · white star

HR 3154

HR 3154 is a white star in the constellation Puppis 573 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,597 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 117× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 573 years ago.

573 lybrightness mag 5.90A3IV

Also catalogued as HD 66358 · HIP 39251

8,597 K
temperature
5.90
apparent magnitude
117× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
573 years
at light speed from Earth
1.49×
as hot as the Sun
117×
the Sun's light output
-0.32
absolute magnitude
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HR 3154A-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHD 6329130 ly
StarHR 323331 ly
StarHR 302236 ly
StarNaosstar
StarPi Pupstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Puppis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To 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.