B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3217

817 lybrightness mag 6.32B6V

Also catalogued as HD 68423 · HIP 39843

10,912 K

temperature

6.32

apparent magnitude

162× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B6V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

817 years

at light speed from Earth

1.89×

as hot as the Sun

162×

the Sun's light output

-0.68

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3217B-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3489 →110 ly apart
HR 2888 →110 ly apart
Del Vol →120 ly apart
HR 3415 →120 ly apart
HR 3031 →140 ly apart
HR 3536 →140 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.