A-type star · white star

HD 59640

269 lybrightness mag 6.49A3V

Also catalogued as HIP 35946

8,839 K

temperature

6.49

apparent magnitude

14.98× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

269 years

at light speed from Earth

1.53×

as hot as the Sun

14.98×

the Sun's light output

1.91

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 59640A-type

Sky regionVolansthis direction

Nearest stars

Pi 2Dor →25 ly apart
HR 3370 →28 ly apart
HR 2662 →31 ly apart
The Vol →39 ly apart
HR 3721 →41 ly apart
Nu Dor →46 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.