B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3542

HR 3542 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 405 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,088 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 37.26× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 405 years ago.

405 lybrightness mag 6.39A0V

Also catalogued as HD 76230 · HIP 43593

10,088 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
37.26× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
405 years
at light speed from Earth
1.75×
as hot as the Sun
37.26×
the Sun's light output
0.92
absolute magnitude
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HR 3542B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 360537 ly
StarHR 344241 ly
StarHR 344044 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
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Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.