B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3156

767 lybrightness mag 5.87B5Vn

Also catalogued as HD 66441 · HIP 39184

12,178 K

temperature

5.87

apparent magnitude

216× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B5Vn

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

767 years

at light speed from Earth

2.11×

as hot as the Sun

216×

the Sun's light output

-0.99

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3156B-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3089 →63 ly apart
HR 3386 →65 ly apart
HD 72303 →67 ly apart
HR 3247 →73 ly apart
HR 3256 →74 ly apart
HR 3330 →92 ly apart

Bright stars in Carina

Miaplacidus →mag 1.7
Avior →mag 1.9
Aspidiske →mag 2.2
The Car →mag 2.7
Ups Car →mag 2.9
Ome Car →mag 3.3
Chi Car →mag 3.5
Eta Car →mag 6.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Carina

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.