B-type star · blue-white star

Kap1Vol

435 lybrightness mag 5.33B9III/IV

Also catalogued as HR 3301 · HD 71046 · HIP 40817

10,986 K

temperature

5.33

apparent magnitude

114× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9III/IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

435 years

at light speed from Earth

1.90×

as hot as the Sun

114×

the Sun's light output

-0.29

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Kap1VolB-type

Sky regionVolansthis direction

Nearest stars

Kap2Vol →16 ly apart
HR 3171 →20 ly apart
HR 3038 →37 ly apart
HR 3417 →42 ly apart
HR 3643 →43 ly apart
Eta Vol →56 ly apart

Bright stars in Volans

Bet Vol →mag 3.8
Gam2Vol →mag 3.8
Zet Vol →mag 3.9
Del Vol →mag 4.0
Alp Vol →mag 4.0
Eps Vol →mag 4.3
The Vol →mag 5.2
Eta Vol →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.3To see it no equipment neededLook toward Volans

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.