B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3955

HR 3955 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,231 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,235 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 411× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,231 years ago.

1,231 lybrightness mag 6.20B2.5V

Also catalogued as HD 87152 · HIP 49137

12,235 K
temperature
6.20
apparent magnitude
411× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B2.5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,231 years
at light speed from Earth
2.12×
as hot as the Sun
411×
the Sun's light output
-1.68
absolute magnitude
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HR 3955B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 3990110 ly
StarHR 4074110 ly
StarHR 4009120 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.