B-type star · blue-white star

HD 72798

HD 72798 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,896 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,903 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 841× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,896 years ago.

1,896 lybrightness mag 6.36B5III

Also catalogued as HIP 41941

11,903 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
841× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,896 years
at light speed from Earth
2.06×
as hot as the Sun
841×
the Sun's light output
-2.46
absolute magnitude
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HD 72798B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 348786 ly
StarHR 337189 ly
StarHR 3426120 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
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.