B-type star · blue-white star

HR 4136

HR 4136 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 635 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,506 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 126× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 635 years ago.

635 lybrightness mag 6.04B4

Also catalogued as HD 91356 · HIP 51560

11,506 K
temperature
6.04
apparent magnitude
126× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B4
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
635 years
at light speed from Earth
1.99×
as hot as the Sun
126×
the Sun's light output
-0.41
absolute magnitude
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HR 4136B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 417531 ly
StarHR 409355 ly
StarHR 435481 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.