B-type star · blue-white star

HD 78005

HD 78005 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,169 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,589 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 292× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,169 years ago.

1,169 lybrightness mag 6.46B4V

Also catalogued as HIP 44509

12,589 K
temperature
6.46
apparent magnitude
292× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B4V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,169 years
at light speed from Earth
2.18×
as hot as the Sun
292×
the Sun's light output
-1.31
absolute magnitude
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HD 78005B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 356271 ly
StarHR 352088 ly
StarHR 3375120 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.