B-type star · blue-white star

HR 4263

HR 4263 is a blue-white star in the constellation Vela 489 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,956 K, about 1.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 72.38× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 489 years ago.

489 lybrightness mag 6.08A0p...

Also catalogued as HD 94660 · HIP 53379

10,956 K
temperature
6.08
apparent magnitude
72.38× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0p...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
489 years
at light speed from Earth
1.90×
as hot as the Sun
72.38×
the Sun's light output
0.20
absolute magnitude
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HR 4263B-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 431663 ly
StarHR 431366 ly
StarHR 403666 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
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Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.