B-type star · blue-white star

HR 4074

HR 4074 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,148 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,607 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,711× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,148 years ago.

1,148 lybrightness mag 4.50B3III

Also catalogued as HD 89890 · HIP 50676

11,607 K
temperature
4.50
apparent magnitude
1,711× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,148 years
at light speed from Earth
2.01×
as hot as the Sun
1,711×
the Sun's light output
-3.23
absolute magnitude
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HR 4074B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 415959 ly
StarHD 94491100 ly
StarHD 93695110 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.5To see it no equipment neededLook 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.