A-type star · white star

HR 3831

HR 3831 is a white star in the constellation Vela 230 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,611 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 14.66× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 230 years ago.

230 lybrightness mag 6.18F0p

Also catalogued as HD 83368 · HIP 47145

7,611 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
14.66× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F0p
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
230 years
at light speed from Earth
1.32×
as hot as the Sun
14.66×
the Sun's light output
1.94
absolute magnitude
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HR 3831A-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 384020 ly
StarHR 397623 ly
StarHR 358826 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
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Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.