B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3453

HR 3453 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,977 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 13,256 K, about 2.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,397× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,977 years ago.

1,977 lybrightness mag 5.90B1.5V

Also catalogued as HD 74273 · HIP 42614

13,256 K
temperature
5.90
apparent magnitude
1,397× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B1.5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,977 years
at light speed from Earth
2.30×
as hot as the Sun
1,397×
the Sun's light output
-3.01
absolute magnitude
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HR 3453B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 3476130 ly
StarHD 72798140 ly
StarHR 3371160 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To 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.