A-type star · white star

HR 3171

424 lybrightness mag 6.33A3III

Also catalogued as HD 66920 · HIP 39041

8,766 K

temperature

6.33

apparent magnitude

43.25× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

424 years

at light speed from Earth

1.52×

as hot as the Sun

43.25×

the Sun's light output

0.76

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3171A-type

Sky regionVolansthis direction

Nearest stars

Kap2Vol →18 ly apart
Kap1Vol →20 ly apart
HR 3038 →31 ly apart
HR 3417 →34 ly apart
HR 3643 →42 ly apart
Eta Vol →45 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 6.3To 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.