B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3680

HR 3680 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,832 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,092 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 869× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,832 years ago.

1,832 lybrightness mag 6.25B8V

Also catalogued as HD 79900 · HIP 45413

11,092 K
temperature
6.25
apparent magnitude
869× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,832 years
at light speed from Earth
1.92×
as hot as the Sun
869×
the Sun's light output
-2.50
absolute magnitude
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HR 3680B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 3487170 ly
StarHD 76004200 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.