B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3326

HR 3326 is a blue-white star in the constellation Puppis 718 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,331 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 279× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 718 years ago.

718 lybrightness mag 5.45B3V

Also catalogued as HD 71459 · HIP 41323

12,331 K
temperature
5.45
apparent magnitude
279× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
718 years
at light speed from Earth
2.14×
as hot as the Sun
279×
the Sun's light output
-1.26
absolute magnitude
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HR 3326B-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 348850 ly
StarHD 7275274 ly
StarHR 353579 ly
StarNaosstar
StarPi Pupstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Puppis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.5To 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.