A-type star · white star

HR 3285

HR 3285 is a white star in the constellation Hydra 238 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,960 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 16.19× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 238 years ago.

238 lybrightness mag 6.14A8IV

Also catalogued as HD 70574 · HIP 41036

7,960 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
16.19× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A8IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
238 years
at light speed from Earth
1.38×
as hot as the Sun
16.19×
the Sun's light output
1.83
absolute magnitude
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HR 3285A-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 333717 ly
StarHD 6593825 ly
StarHR 329532 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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Bright stars in Hydra
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.