A-type star · white star

HR 3551

HR 3551 is a white star in the constellation Vela 252 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,625 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 39.08× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.3 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 252 years ago.

252 lybrightness mag 5.31Am

Also catalogued as HD 76360 · HIP 43671

7,625 K
temperature
5.31
apparent magnitude
39.08× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
Am
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
252 years
at light speed from Earth
1.32×
as hot as the Sun
39.08×
the Sun's light output
0.87
absolute magnitude
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HR 3551A-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 358828 ly
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StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.3To 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.