A-type star · white star
HR 3544
HR 3544 is a white star in the constellation Volans 2,038 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,281 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,235× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,038 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 76270 · HIP 43351
8,281 K
temperature
6.10
apparent magnitude
1,235× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3m...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,038 years
at light speed from Earth
1.43×
as hot as the Sun
1,235×
the Sun's light output
-2.88
absolute magnitude
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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.