B-type star · blue-white star

HD 87652

HD 87652 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 571 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,853 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 86.06× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 571 years ago.

571 lybrightness mag 6.23B8/B9III

Also catalogued as HIP 49394

10,853 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
86.06× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B8/B9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
571 years
at light speed from Earth
1.88×
as hot as the Sun
86.06×
the Sun's light output
0.01
absolute magnitude
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HD 87652B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 390450 ly
StarMarkeb74 ly
StarHR 413579 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.