B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3213

HR 3213 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,106 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 13,561 K, about 2.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 810× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,106 years ago.

1,106 lybrightness mag 5.23B1IVe

Also catalogued as HD 68324 · HIP 39970

13,561 K
temperature
5.23
apparent magnitude
810× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B1IVe
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,106 years
at light speed from Earth
2.35×
as hot as the Sun
810×
the Sun's light output
-2.42
absolute magnitude
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HR 3213B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarGamma² Vel16 ly
StarHR 323469 ly
StarHR 311880 ly
StarAlsephinastar
StarSuhailstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook 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.