A-type star · white star

HR 3308

HR 3308 is a white star in the constellation Puppis 564 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,370 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 141× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 564 years ago.

564 lybrightness mag 5.67A1III/IV

Also catalogued as HD 71141 · HIP 41242

9,370 K
temperature
5.67
apparent magnitude
141× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1III/IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
564 years
at light speed from Earth
1.62×
as hot as the Sun
141×
the Sun's light output
-0.52
absolute magnitude
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HR 3308A-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 327932 ly
StarHR 334434 ly
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StarNaosstar
StarPi Pupstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Puppis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Puppis

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.