B-type star · blue-white star

HD 69404

HD 69404 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 2,013 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,469 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 873× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,013 years ago.

2,013 lybrightness mag 6.45B3Vnne

Also catalogued as HIP 40397

12,469 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
873× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3Vnne
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,013 years
at light speed from Earth
2.16×
as hot as the Sun
873×
the Sun's light output
-2.50
absolute magnitude
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HD 69404B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 3371120 ly
StarHR 3101150 ly
StarHR 3358160 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.