B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3498

605 lybrightness mag 4.50B3Vne

Also catalogued as HD 75311 · HIP 43105

12,881 K

temperature

4.50

apparent magnitude

475× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3Vne

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

605 years

at light speed from Earth

2.23×

as hot as the Sun

475×

the Sun's light output

-1.84

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3498B-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3368 →40 ly apart
Avior →44 ly apart
HR 3691 →45 ly apart
HR 3679 →56 ly apart
Markeb →63 ly apart
HD 79699 →68 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.5To see it no equipment neededLook 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.