B-type star · blue-white star

HD 69168

HD 69168 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,279 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,671 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 339× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,279 years ago.

1,279 lybrightness mag 6.49B3V

Also catalogued as HIP 40299

12,671 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
339× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,279 years
at light speed from Earth
2.20×
as hot as the Sun
339×
the Sun's light output
-1.48
absolute magnitude
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HD 69168B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHD 6762156 ly
StarHR 320464 ly
StarHR 324481 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.