B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3371

HR 3371 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,977 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,213 K, about 1.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 966× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,977 years ago.

1,977 lybrightness mag 6.30B4V

Also catalogued as HD 72350 · HIP 41737

10,213 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
966× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B4V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,977 years
at light speed from Earth
1.77×
as hot as the Sun
966×
the Sun's light output
-2.61
absolute magnitude
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HR 3371B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHD 7279889 ly
StarHD 69404120 ly
StarHR 3453160 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.