B-type star · blue-white star

HD 93206

HD 93206 is a blue-white star in the constellation Carina 1,953 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 16,991 K, about 2.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 926× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,953 years ago.

1,953 lybrightness mag 6.32B0Ib:

Also catalogued as HIP 52526

16,991 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
926× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B0Ib:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,953 years
at light speed from Earth
2.94×
as hot as the Sun
926×
the Sun's light output
-2.57
absolute magnitude
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HD 93206B-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
StarHR 4107210 ly
StarHR 4063220 ly
StarHR 4361280 ly
StarMiaplacidusstar
StarAviorstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Carina
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.