B-type star · blue-white star

HD 81347

HD 81347 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 2,528 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,370 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,625× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,528 years ago.

2,528 lybrightness mag 6.27B5V

Also catalogued as HIP 46045

12,370 K
temperature
6.27
apparent magnitude
1,625× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,528 years
at light speed from Earth
2.14×
as hot as the Sun
1,625×
the Sun's light output
-3.18
absolute magnitude
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HD 81347B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 3452320 ly
StarHR 3924330 ly
StarHR 3941350 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
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.