A-type star · white star

HR 3960

HR 3960 is a white star in the constellation Carina. Its surface is about 7,705 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 36,982,818× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye.

brightness mag 5.93A9IV

Also catalogued as HD 87283 · HIP 49164

7,705 K
temperature
5.93
apparent magnitude
36,982,818× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A9IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.33×
as hot as the Sun
36,982,818×
the Sun's light output
-14.07
absolute magnitude
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HR 3960A-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
StarHR 39661,500 ly
StarHR 39679,900 ly
StarHR 414424,000 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Carina
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.