B-type star · blue-white star

HD 67621

HD 67621 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,254 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,945 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 375× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,254 years ago.

1,254 lybrightness mag 6.34B3III

Also catalogued as HIP 39691

12,945 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
375× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,254 years
at light speed from Earth
2.24×
as hot as the Sun
375×
the Sun's light output
-1.58
absolute magnitude
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HD 67621B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHD 6916856 ly
StarHR 317882 ly
StarHR 325096 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.