B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3642

968 lybrightness mag 4.66B2IVe

Also catalogued as HD 78764 · HIP 44626

12,469 K

temperature

4.66

apparent magnitude

1,049× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B2IVe

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

968 years

at light speed from Earth

2.16×

as hot as the Sun

1,049×

the Sun's light output

-2.70

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3642B-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3491 →61 ly apart
HR 4142 →140 ly apart
HR 4129 →160 ly apart
HD 95122 →180 ly apart
HR 3821 →180 ly apart
HR 4206 →180 ly apart

Bright stars in Carina

Miaplacidus →mag 1.7
Avior →mag 1.9
Aspidiske →mag 2.2
The Car →mag 2.7
Ups Car →mag 2.9
Ome Car →mag 3.3
Chi Car →mag 3.5
Eta Car →mag 6.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Carina

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.