A-type star · white star

HD 94724

HD 94724 is a white star in the constellation Vela 326 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,349 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 24.03× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 326 years ago.

326 lybrightness mag 6.40A0V

Also catalogued as HIP 53411

9,349 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
24.03× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
326 years
at light speed from Earth
1.62×
as hot as the Sun
24.03×
the Sun's light output
1.40
absolute magnitude
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HD 94724A-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 429222 ly
StarHD 9817630 ly
StarHR 409931 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.