B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3195

HR 3195 is a blue-white star in the constellation Puppis 2,741 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,853 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,757× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,741 years ago.

2,741 lybrightness mag 6.36B3V

Also catalogued as HD 67888 · HIP 39866

10,853 K

temperature

6.36

apparent magnitude

1,757× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,741 years

at light speed from Earth

1.88×

as hot as the Sun

1,757×

the Sun's light output

-3.26

absolute magnitude

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HR 3195B-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

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Bright stars in Puppis

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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.