B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3234

HR 3234 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,045 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,796 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 356× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,045 years ago.

1,045 lybrightness mag 6.00B5V

Also catalogued as HD 68895 · HIP 40183

11,796 K
temperature
6.00
apparent magnitude
356× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,045 years
at light speed from Earth
2.04×
as hot as the Sun
356×
the Sun's light output
-1.53
absolute magnitude
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HR 3234B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 311856 ly
StarHR 321369 ly
StarGamma² Vel75 ly
StarAlsephinastar
StarSuhailstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.