A-type star · white star

HR 3426

HR 3426 is a white star in the constellation Vela 1,822 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,942 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 6,172× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,822 years ago.

1,822 lybrightness mag 4.11A6II

Also catalogued as HD 73634 · HIP 42312

8,942 K
temperature
4.11
apparent magnitude
6,172× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A6II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,822 years
at light speed from Earth
1.55×
as hot as the Sun
6,172×
the Sun's light output
-4.63
absolute magnitude
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HR 3426A-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 332280 ly
StarHR 3487110 ly
StarHD 72798120 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.1To see it no equipment neededLook 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.