A-type star · white star

HR 3494

HR 3494 is a white star in the constellation Vela. Its surface is about 7,880 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 58,613,816× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.4 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye.

brightness mag 5.43B3Ia

Also catalogued as HD 75149 · HIP 43082

7,880 K
temperature
5.43
apparent magnitude
58,613,816× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3Ia
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.37×
as hot as the Sun
58,613,816×
the Sun's light output
-14.57
absolute magnitude
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HR 3494A-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 34961,600 ly
StarHR 35275,300 ly
StarHR 34565,400 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.4To 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.