F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 3404

HR 3404 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Vela 119 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,055 K, and it shines at 3.07× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 119 years ago.

119 lybrightness mag 6.44G1V

Also catalogued as HD 73121 · HIP 42123

6,055 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
3.07× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
119 years
at light speed from Earth
1.05×
as hot as the Sun
3.07×
the Sun's light output
3.63
absolute magnitude
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HR 3404F-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 34348.6 ly
StarHR 327027 ly
StarKalausi31 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.