B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3501

HR 3501 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,576 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 13,077 K, about 2.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 545× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,576 years ago.

1,576 lybrightness mag 6.43B2IV

Also catalogued as HD 75387 · HIP 43209

13,077 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
545× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B2IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,576 years
at light speed from Earth
2.27×
as hot as the Sun
545×
the Sun's light output
-1.99
absolute magnitude
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HR 3501B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHD 76004120 ly
StarHR 3388140 ly
StarHR 3373140 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.