B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3179

brightness mag 6.18B3Vnp

Also catalogued as HD 67341 · HIP 39584

12,254 K

temperature

6.18

apparent magnitude

29,376,497× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3Vnp

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

2.12×

as hot as the Sun

29,376,497×

the Sun's light output

-13.82

absolute magnitude

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HR 3179B-type

Sky regionVelathis direction

StarHR 314318,000 ly

StarHR 314218,000 ly

StarHD 6876321,000 ly

StarGam2Velstar

StarAlsephinastar

Nearest stars

HR 3143 →18,000 ly apart
HR 3142 →18,000 ly apart
HD 68763 →21,000 ly apart
HR 3226 →24,000 ly apart
HR 3445 →34,000 ly apart
HR 3462 →36,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Vela

Gam2Vel →mag 1.8
Alsephina →mag 1.9
Suhail →mag 2.2
Markeb →mag 2.5
Mu Vel →mag 2.7
Phi Vel →mag 3.5
Psi Vel →mag 3.6
Kalausi →mag 8.2

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Vela

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.