B-type star · blue-white star

HD 92155

HD 92155 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 1,431 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,489 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 449× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,431 years ago.

1,431 lybrightness mag 6.43B3Vn

Also catalogued as HIP 51984

12,489 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
449× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3Vn
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,431 years
at light speed from Earth
2.16×
as hot as the Sun
449×
the Sun's light output
-1.78
absolute magnitude
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HD 92155B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 4038140 ly
StarHD 92399140 ly
StarHR 4114150 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.