B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3294

HR 3294 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,717 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,409 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2,927× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,717 years ago.

1,717 lybrightness mag 4.79B1V

Also catalogued as HD 70930 · HIP 41039

12,409 K
temperature
4.79
apparent magnitude
2,927× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,717 years
at light speed from Earth
2.15×
as hot as the Sun
2,927×
the Sun's light output
-3.82
absolute magnitude
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HR 3294B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHD 6847875 ly
StarHR 3090160 ly
StarHR 3476180 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.8To 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.