A-type star · white star

HR 3374

HR 3374 is a white star in the constellation Hydra 273 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,625 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 17.11× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 273 years ago.

273 lybrightness mag 6.38A7IV/V

Also catalogued as HD 72462 · HIP 41893

7,625 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
17.11× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A7IV/V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
273 years
at light speed from Earth
1.32×
as hot as the Sun
17.11×
the Sun's light output
1.77
absolute magnitude
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HR 3374A-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 332414 ly
Star12 Hya32 ly
StarHR 347333 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.