A-type star · white star

HR 3463

HR 3463 is a white star in the constellation Pyxis 431 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,894 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 41.11× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 431 years ago.

431 lybrightness mag 6.42A0V

Also catalogued as HD 74475 · HIP 42775

9,894 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
41.11× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
431 years
at light speed from Earth
1.71×
as hot as the Sun
41.11×
the Sun's light output
0.81
absolute magnitude
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HR 3463A-type
Sky regionPyxisthis direction
StarBeta Pyx16 ly
StarHR 338524 ly
StarHR 326642 ly
StarAlpha Pyxstar
StarGamma Pyxstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pyxis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pyxis

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.