B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3161

658 lybrightness mag 6.28B4V

Also catalogued as HD 66607 · HIP 39238

12,409 K

temperature

6.28

apparent magnitude

109× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B4V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

658 years

at light speed from Earth

2.15×

as hot as the Sun

109×

the Sun's light output

-0.24

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3161B-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3012 →44 ly apart
HR 3368 →52 ly apart
HR 2971 →54 ly apart
HR 3330 →72 ly apart
Avior →76 ly apart
HR 3498 →88 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.