B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3703

HR 3703 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 438 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,971 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 123× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.3 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 438 years ago.

438 lybrightness mag 5.26B7/B8III

Also catalogued as HD 80456 · HIP 45631

10,971 K
temperature
5.26
apparent magnitude
123× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B7/B8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
438 years
at light speed from Earth
1.90×
as hot as the Sun
123×
the Sun's light output
-0.38
absolute magnitude
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HR 3703B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 378416 ly
StarHR 375322 ly
StarHR 354245 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.3To 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.