B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3656

HR 3656 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,091 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,709 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 371× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,091 years ago.

1,091 lybrightness mag 6.05B5III

Also catalogued as HD 79241 · HIP 45127

11,709 K
temperature
6.05
apparent magnitude
371× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,091 years
at light speed from Earth
2.03×
as hot as the Sun
371×
the Sun's light output
-1.57
absolute magnitude
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HR 3656B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHD 7598985 ly
StarHR 359395 ly
StarHR 3534110 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.