A-type star · white star

HR 4274

HR 4274 is a white star in the constellation Vela 336 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,378 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 40.33× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 336 years ago.

336 lybrightness mag 5.90A7Vni

Also catalogued as HD 94985 · HIP 53530

8,378 K
temperature
5.90
apparent magnitude
40.33× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A7Vni
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
336 years
at light speed from Earth
1.45×
as hot as the Sun
40.33×
the Sun's light output
0.84
absolute magnitude
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HR 4274A-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarPi Cen38 ly
StarHR 402041 ly
StarHD 9472446 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.