A-type star · white star

HR 3171

HR 3171 is a white star in the constellation Volans 424 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,766 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 43.25× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 424 years ago.

424 lybrightness mag 6.33A3III

Also catalogued as HD 66920 · HIP 39041

8,766 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
43.25× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
424 years
at light speed from Earth
1.52×
as hot as the Sun
43.25×
the Sun's light output
0.76
absolute magnitude
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HR 3171A-type
Sky regionVolansthis direction
StarKappa² Vol18 ly
StarKappa¹ Vol20 ly
StarHR 303831 ly
StarBeta Volstar
StarGamma² Volstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Volans
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.