B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3868

HR 3868 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,874 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,903 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,156× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,874 years ago.

1,874 lybrightness mag 5.99B4V

Also catalogued as HD 84228 · HIP 47559

11,903 K
temperature
5.99
apparent magnitude
1,156× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B4V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,874 years
at light speed from Earth
2.06×
as hot as the Sun
1,156×
the Sun's light output
-2.81
absolute magnitude
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HR 3868B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 4063180 ly
StarHR 3943250 ly
StarHR 4107270 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.