A-type star · white star

3C 273

brightness mag 12.88

Also catalogued as HIP 60936

8,839 K
temperature
12.88
apparent magnitude
61,376× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
at light speed from Earth
1.53×
as hot as the Sun
61,376×
the Sun's light output
-7.12
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 12.9To see it 8-10" (200-250 mm) telescopeLook toward Virgo

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.