A-type star · white star

HR 3885

HR 3885 is a white star in the constellation Ursa Major 277 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,526 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 19.52× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 277 years ago.

277 lybrightness mag 6.27A9Vn

Also catalogued as HD 84812 · HIP 48266

7,526 K

temperature

6.27

apparent magnitude

19.52× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A9Vn

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

277 years

at light speed from Earth

1.30×

as hot as the Sun

19.52×

the Sun's light output

1.62

absolute magnitude

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HR 3885A-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Major

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.