B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3488

HR 3488 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 717 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,795 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 138× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 717 years ago.

717 lybrightness mag 6.21B9V

Also catalogued as HD 75081 · HIP 43073

10,795 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
138× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B9V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
717 years
at light speed from Earth
1.87×
as hot as the Sun
138×
the Sun's light output
-0.50
absolute magnitude
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HR 3488B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 353538 ly
StarHR 332650 ly
StarHR 366171 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.