A-type star · white star

HR 3966

HR 3966 is a white star in the constellation Carina. Its surface is about 8,362 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 29,376,497× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.18A6II/III

Also catalogued as HD 87436 · HIP 49233

8,362 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
29,376,497× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A6II/III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.45×
as hot as the Sun
29,376,497×
the Sun's light output
-13.82
absolute magnitude
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HR 3966A-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
StarHR 39601,500 ly
StarHR 396711,000 ly
StarHR 411023,000 ly
StarMiaplacidusstar
StarAviorstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Carina
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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.