A-type star · white star

HR 3526

HR 3526 is a white star in the constellation Hydra 1,010 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,820 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 243× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,010 years ago.

1,010 lybrightness mag 6.34A5V

Also catalogued as HD 75811 · HIP 43570

8,820 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
243× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,010 years
at light speed from Earth
1.53×
as hot as the Sun
243×
the Sun's light output
-1.11
absolute magnitude
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HR 3526A-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 345845 ly
StarHR 359050 ly
StarOmega Hya130 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hydra
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.