B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3373

HR 3373 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,503 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,159 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 554× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,503 years ago.

1,503 lybrightness mag 6.31B5V

Also catalogued as HD 72436 · HIP 41806

12,159 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
554× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,503 years
at light speed from Earth
2.11×
as hot as the Sun
554×
the Sun's light output
-2.01
absolute magnitude
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HR 3373B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 338835 ly
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StarHR 3479120 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.