A-type star · white star

HR 3766

HR 3766 is a white star in the constellation Antlia 198 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,041 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 11.10× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 198 years ago.

198 lybrightness mag 6.15A6V

Also catalogued as HD 82165 · HIP 46517

8,041 K

temperature

6.15

apparent magnitude

11.10× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A6V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

198 years

at light speed from Earth

1.39×

as hot as the Sun

11.10×

the Sun's light output

2.24

absolute magnitude

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HR 3766A-type

Sky regionAntliathis direction

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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Antlia

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.