F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 3537

HR 3537 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Volans 169 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,760 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 17.17× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.3 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 169 years ago.

169 lybrightness mag 5.34F5IV

Also catalogued as HD 76143 · HIP 43414

6,760 K
temperature
5.34
apparent magnitude
17.17× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
169 years
at light speed from Earth
1.17×
as hot as the Sun
17.17×
the Sun's light output
1.76
absolute magnitude
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HR 3537F-type
Sky regionVolansthis direction
StarHR 349522 ly
StarHD 8245825 ly
StarGamma¹ Vol30 ly
StarBeta Volstar
StarGamma² Volstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Volans
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.3To see it no equipment neededLook toward Volans

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.