B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3935

HR 3935 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela. Its surface is about 12,733 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 24,210,290× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.39B2IV-V

Also catalogued as HD 86352 · HIP 48730

12,733 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
24,210,290× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B2IV-V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
2.21×
as hot as the Sun
24,210,290×
the Sun's light output
-13.61
absolute magnitude
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HR 3935B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 373929,000 ly
StarHR 370833,000 ly
StarHR 371738,000 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.