B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3886

HR 3886 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 997 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 13,033 K, about 2.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 477× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.6 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 997 years ago.

997 lybrightness mag 5.58B2.5IV

Also catalogued as HD 84816 · HIP 47963

13,033 K
temperature
5.58
apparent magnitude
477× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B2.5IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
997 years
at light speed from Earth
2.26×
as hot as the Sun
477×
the Sun's light output
-1.85
absolute magnitude
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HR 3886B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 392526 ly
StarHR 391268 ly
StarHR 3658110 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.6To 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.