B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3330

HR 3330 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 695 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,775 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 335× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 695 years ago.

695 lybrightness mag 5.18B2V

Also catalogued as HD 71510 · HIP 41296

12,775 K
temperature
5.18
apparent magnitude
335× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
695 years
at light speed from Earth
2.21×
as hot as the Sun
335×
the Sun's light output
-1.46
absolute magnitude
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HR 3330B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 324740 ly
StarHD 7230347 ly
StarHR 338659 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.2To 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.