A-type star · white star

HR 3226

brightness mag 4.73A7Ib

Also catalogued as HD 68601 · HIP 40096

8,453 K

temperature

4.73

apparent magnitude

111,686,325× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A7Ib

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.46×

as hot as the Sun

111,686,325×

the Sun's light output

-15.27

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3226A-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 68763 →2,500 ly apart
HR 3179 →24,000 ly apart
HR 3456 →34,000 ly apart
HR 3445 →36,000 ly apart
HR 3494 →39,000 ly apart
HR 3496 →41,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Puppis

Naos →mag 2.2
Pi Pup →mag 2.7
Tureis →mag 2.8
Tau Pup →mag 2.9
Pipit →mag 3.2
Sig Pup →mag 3.3
Azmidi →mag 3.3
3 Pup →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Puppis

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.