B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3539

HR 3539 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,039 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,449 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 378× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,039 years ago.

1,039 lybrightness mag 5.92B3Vn

Also catalogued as HD 76161 · HIP 43589

12,449 K
temperature
5.92
apparent magnitude
378× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3Vn
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,039 years
at light speed from Earth
2.16×
as hot as the Sun
378×
the Sun's light output
-1.59
absolute magnitude
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HR 3539B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 358317 ly
StarHR 365879 ly
StarHR 352091 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To 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.