B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3293

1,773 lybrightness mag 5.96B1.5III

Also catalogued as HD 70839 · HIP 40932

11,440 K

temperature

5.96

apparent magnitude

1,063× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1.5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,773 years

at light speed from Earth

1.98×

as hot as the Sun

1,063×

the Sun's light output

-2.72

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3293B-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HD 68478 →270 ly apart
HR 3476 →290 ly apart
HR 3294 →290 ly apart
HR 3457 →340 ly apart
HR 3090 →340 ly apart
HR 3560 →360 ly apart

Bright stars in Carina

Miaplacidus →mag 1.7
Avior →mag 1.9
Aspidiske →mag 2.2
The Car →mag 2.7
Ups Car →mag 2.9
Ome Car →mag 3.3
Chi Car →mag 3.5
Eta Car →mag 6.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Carina

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.