B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3949

1,208 lybrightness mag 6.18B3V

Also catalogued as HD 86659 · HIP 48782

11,573 K

temperature

6.18

apparent magnitude

403× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,208 years

at light speed from Earth

2.01×

as hot as the Sun

403×

the Sun's light output

-1.66

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3949B-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3713 →120 ly apart
HR 4204 →140 ly apart
HD 90966 →150 ly apart
HR 3914 →170 ly apart
HR 4142 →200 ly apart
HD 93739 →210 ly apart

Bright stars in Carina

Miaplacidus →mag 1.7
Avior →mag 1.9
Aspidiske →mag 2.2
The Car →mag 2.7
Ups Car →mag 2.9
Ome Car →mag 3.3
Chi Car →mag 3.5
Eta Car →mag 6.2

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

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.