B-type star · blue-white star

HR 3971

1,639 lybrightness mag 6.14B4:Vne

Also catalogued as HD 87543 · HIP 49281

10,543 K

temperature

6.14

apparent magnitude

770× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B4:Vne

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,639 years

at light speed from Earth

1.83×

as hot as the Sun

770×

the Sun's light output

-2.37

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3971B-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3884 →100 ly apart
Phi Vel →210 ly apart
HD 92399 →210 ly apart
HR 4038 →220 ly apart
Ups Car →220 ly apart
HD 89805 →240 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 6.1To 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.