A-type star · white star

HR 3588

HR 3588 is a white star in the constellation Vela 225 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,671 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 35.38× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 225 years ago.

225 lybrightness mag 5.17Am

Also catalogued as HD 77140 · HIP 44093

7,671 K
temperature
5.17
apparent magnitude
35.38× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
Am
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
225 years
at light speed from Earth
1.33×
as hot as the Sun
35.38×
the Sun's light output
0.98
absolute magnitude
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HR 3588A-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 347721 ly
StarHR 383126 ly
StarHR 359127 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.2To 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.