B-type star · blue-white star

HD 93695

HD 93695 is a blue-white star in the constellation Carina 1,165 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,938 K, about 2.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 287× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,165 years ago.

1,165 lybrightness mag 6.47B5Vvar

Also catalogued as HIP 52806

11,938 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
287× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B5Vvar
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,165 years
at light speed from Earth
2.07×
as hot as the Sun
287×
the Sun's light output
-1.29
absolute magnitude
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HD 93695B-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
StarHR 420030 ly
StarHD 9449135 ly
StarHR 415959 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Carina
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.