A-type star · white star

HR 3796

HR 3796 is a white star in the constellation Hydra 377 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,703 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 58.88× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 377 years ago.

377 lybrightness mag 5.74A4III

Also catalogued as HD 82573 · HIP 46813

8,703 K
temperature
5.74
apparent magnitude
58.88× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
377 years
at light speed from Earth
1.51×
as hot as the Sun
58.88×
the Sun's light output
0.42
absolute magnitude
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HR 3796A-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 380818 ly
StarHR 390839 ly
StarHR 367541 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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Bright stars in Hydra
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook 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.