A-type star · white star

HR 3559

234 lybrightness mag 6.39A4V

Also catalogued as HD 76512 · HIP 43853

8,511 K

temperature

6.39

apparent magnitude

12.43× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A4V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

234 years

at light speed from Earth

1.47×

as hot as the Sun

12.43×

the Sun's light output

2.11

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3559A-type

Sky regionPyxisthis direction

Nearest stars

Eta Pyx →19 ly apart
Del Pyx →21 ly apart
HR 3381 →22 ly apart
HR 3507 →26 ly apart
Zet Pyx →30 ly apart
Gam Pyx →31 ly apart

Bright stars in Pyxis

Alp Pyx →mag 3.7
Bet Pyx →mag 4.0
Gam Pyx →mag 4.0
Kap Pyx →mag 4.6
The Pyx →mag 4.7
Lam Pyx →mag 4.7
Zet Pyx →mag 4.9
Del Pyx →mag 4.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pyxis

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.