A-type star · white star

HR 3452

HR 3452 is a white star in the constellation Vela 2,548 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,685 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 6,755× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 2,548 years ago.

2,548 lybrightness mag 4.74A5II

Also catalogued as HD 74272 · HIP 42624

8,685 K
temperature
4.74
apparent magnitude
6,755× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A5II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,548 years
at light speed from Earth
1.50×
as hot as the Sun
6,755×
the Sun's light output
-4.72
absolute magnitude
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HR 3452A-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 3359160 ly
StarHR 3232240 ly
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StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.7To 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.