B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3462

HR 3462 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela. Its surface is about 12,945 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 55,975,760× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye.

brightness mag 5.48B1.5Vn

Also catalogued as HD 74455 · HIP 42712

12,945 K
temperature
5.48
apparent magnitude
55,975,760× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B1.5Vn
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
2.24×
as hot as the Sun
55,975,760×
the Sun's light output
-14.52
absolute magnitude
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HR 3462B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 34458,400 ly
StarHR 352712,000 ly
StarHR 349612,000 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.5To 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.