B-type star · blue-white star
HD 96088
HD 96088 is a blue-white star in the constellation Carina 2,741 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 12,838 K, about 2.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2,113× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,741 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 54082
12,838 K
temperature
6.16
apparent magnitude
2,113× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,741 years
at light speed from Earth
2.22×
as hot as the Sun
2,113×
the Sun's light output
-3.46
absolute magnitude
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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.