B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3375

HR 3375 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,190 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,429 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 322× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,190 years ago.

1,190 lybrightness mag 6.39B2.5V

Also catalogued as HD 72485 · HIP 41781

12,429 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
322× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B2.5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,190 years
at light speed from Earth
2.15×
as hot as the Sun
322×
the Sun's light output
-1.42
absolute magnitude
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HR 3375B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 325073 ly
StarGamma² Vel100 ly
StarHR 3178110 ly
StarAlsephinastar
StarSuhailstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.