A-type star · white star

HR 3785

HR 3785 is a white star in the constellation Hydra 168 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,719 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.13× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 168 years ago.

168 lybrightness mag 6.13F0Vn

Also catalogued as HD 82428 · HIP 46744

7,719 K
temperature
6.13
apparent magnitude
8.13× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F0Vn
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
168 years
at light speed from Earth
1.34×
as hot as the Sun
8.13×
the Sun's light output
2.58
absolute magnitude
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HR 3785A-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 371417 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.