F-type star · yellow-white star

Psi Vel

Psi Vel is a yellow-white star in the constellation Vela 61.4 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,039 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 11.19× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 3.6 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 61 years ago.

61.4 lybrightness mag 3.60F2IV

Also catalogued as HR 3786 · HD 82434 · HIP 46651 · Gliese Gl 351A

7,039 K
temperature
3.60
apparent magnitude
11.19× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F2IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
61 years
at light speed from Earth
1.22×
as hot as the Sun
11.19×
the Sun's light output
2.23
absolute magnitude
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Psi VelF-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarGliese Gl 351B0.84 ly
StarHR 401319 ly
StarHR 386220 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 3.6To 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.