B-type star · blue-white star

Eps Vol

562 lybrightness mag 4.35B6IV

Also catalogued as HR 3223 · HD 68520 · HIP 39794

11,796 K

temperature

4.35

apparent magnitude

471× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B6IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

562 years

at light speed from Earth

2.04×

as hot as the Sun

471×

the Sun's light output

-1.83

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Eps VolB-type

Sky regionVolansthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2712 →63 ly apart
Iot Vol →68 ly apart
HR 3632 →71 ly apart
HR 3081 →76 ly apart
HR 3159 →79 ly apart
HR 3036 →79 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
The Vol →mag 5.2
Eta Vol →mag 5.3
Kap1Vol →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.3To 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.