B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3503

HR 3503 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 463 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,523 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 53.41× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 463 years ago.

463 lybrightness mag 6.29B8V

Also catalogued as HD 75466 · HIP 43195

11,523 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
53.41× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
463 years
at light speed from Earth
2.00×
as hot as the Sun
53.41×
the Sun's light output
0.53
absolute magnitude
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HR 3503B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 344820 ly
StarHR 344021 ly
StarHR 344222 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.