A-type star · white star

HR 3836

HR 3836 is a white star in the constellation Vela 105 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,378 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 16.70× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.3 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 105 years ago.

105 lybrightness mag 4.34A5V

Also catalogued as HD 83446 · HIP 47175

8,378 K
temperature
4.34
apparent magnitude
16.70× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
105 years
at light speed from Earth
1.45×
as hot as the Sun
16.70×
the Sun's light output
1.79
absolute magnitude
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HR 3836A-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarNatasha4.0 ly
StarHR 402318 ly
StarHR 406122 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.3To see it no equipment neededLook 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.