B-type star · blue-white star

HR 4361

HR 4361 is a blue-white star in the constellation Carina 2,204 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 11,675 K, about 2.0 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2,012× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 2,204 years ago.

2,204 lybrightness mag 5.74B1.5V

Also catalogued as HD 97670 · HIP 54829

11,675 K
temperature
5.74
apparent magnitude
2,012× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B1.5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,204 years
at light speed from Earth
2.02×
as hot as the Sun
2,012×
the Sun's light output
-3.41
absolute magnitude
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HR 4361B-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
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Bright stars in Carina
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook 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.