A-type star · white star

HR 3456

brightness mag 5.20B5Iab

Also catalogued as HD 74371 · HIP 42679

8,394 K

temperature

5.20

apparent magnitude

72,443,596× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B5Iab

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.45×

as hot as the Sun

72,443,596×

the Sun's light output

-14.80

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3456A-type

Sky regionVelathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3494 →5,400 ly apart
HR 3496 →6,800 ly apart
HR 3445 →7,200 ly apart
HR 3527 →11,000 ly apart
HR 3462 →15,000 ly apart
HR 3654 →29,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Vela

Gam2Vel →mag 1.8
Alsephina →mag 1.9
Suhail →mag 2.2
Markeb →mag 2.5
Mu Vel →mag 2.7
Phi Vel →mag 3.5
Psi Vel →mag 3.6
Kalausi →mag 8.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Vela

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.