B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3476

HR 3476 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,853 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 13,513 K, about 2.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2,448× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,853 years ago.

1,853 lybrightness mag 5.15B0IIIn

Also catalogued as HD 74753 · HIP 42834

13,513 K
temperature
5.15
apparent magnitude
2,448× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B0IIIn
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,853 years
at light speed from Earth
2.34×
as hot as the Sun
2,448×
the Sun's light output
-3.62
absolute magnitude
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HR 3476B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 3487120 ly
StarHR 3453130 ly
StarHD 72798150 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.2To 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.