A-type star · white star

HR 3966

brightness mag 6.18A6II/III

Also catalogued as HD 87436 · HIP 49233

8,362 K

temperature

6.18

apparent magnitude

29,376,497× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A6II/III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.45×

as hot as the Sun

29,376,497×

the Sun's light output

-13.82

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3966A-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3960 →1,500 ly apart
HR 3967 →11,000 ly apart
HR 4110 →23,000 ly apart
HR 4144 →23,000 ly apart
HR 4147 →25,000 ly apart
HR 4169 →26,000 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.