A-type star · white star

HR 3487

HR 3487 is a white star in the constellation Vela 1,853 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,942 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 7,958× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 3.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,853 years ago.

1,853 lybrightness mag 3.87A1III

Also catalogued as HD 75063 · HIP 43023

9,942 K
temperature
3.87
apparent magnitude
7,958× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,853 years
at light speed from Earth
1.72×
as hot as the Sun
7,958×
the Sun's light output
-4.90
absolute magnitude
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HR 3487A-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHD 7279886 ly
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StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 3.9To 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.