B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3356

HR 3356 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,431 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,692 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 787× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,431 years ago.

1,431 lybrightness mag 5.82B2V

Also catalogued as HD 72067 · HIP 41621

12,692 K
temperature
5.82
apparent magnitude
787× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,431 years
at light speed from Earth
2.20×
as hot as the Sun
787×
the Sun's light output
-2.39
absolute magnitude
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HR 3356B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 3187110 ly
StarHR 3244120 ly
StarHR 3373150 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To 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.