A-type star · white star

HR 3514

HR 3514 is a white star in the constellation Vela 1,264 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,370 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 849× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,264 years ago.

1,264 lybrightness mag 5.47A2/A3IV

Also catalogued as HD 75630 · HIP 43325

9,370 K
temperature
5.47
apparent magnitude
849× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A2/A3IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,264 years
at light speed from Earth
1.62×
as hot as the Sun
849×
the Sun's light output
-2.47
absolute magnitude
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HR 3514A-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 354850 ly
StarHR 3399110 ly
StarHR 3562120 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.5To 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.