B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3462

brightness mag 5.48B1.5Vn

Also catalogued as HD 74455 · HIP 42712

12,945 K

temperature

5.48

apparent magnitude

55,975,760× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B1.5Vn

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

2.24×

as hot as the Sun

55,975,760×

the Sun's light output

-14.52

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3462B-type

Sky regionVelathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3445 →8,400 ly apart
HR 3527 →12,000 ly apart
HR 3496 →12,000 ly apart
HR 3494 →13,000 ly apart
HR 3456 →15,000 ly apart
HR 3654 →34,000 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 5.5To 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.