A-type star · white star

Theta Vol

Theta Vol is a white star in the constellation Volans 240 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,966 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 39.66× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 240 years ago.

240 lybrightness mag 5.19A0V

Also catalogued as HR 3460 · HD 74405 · HIP 42425

9,966 K
temperature
5.19
apparent magnitude
39.66× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
240 years
at light speed from Earth
1.73×
as hot as the Sun
39.66×
the Sun's light output
0.85
absolute magnitude
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Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.2To 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.