B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3717

brightness mag 6.28B5V

Also catalogued as HD 80781 · HIP 45742

11,556 K

temperature

6.28

apparent magnitude

26,791,683× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

2.00×

as hot as the Sun

26,791,683×

the Sun's light output

-13.72

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3717B-type

Sky regionVelathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3739 →20,000 ly apart
HR 3708 →21,000 ly apart
HR 3935 →38,000 ly apart
HR 3966 →43,000 ly apart
HR 3960 →44,000 ly apart
HR 3967 →51,000 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.