A-type star · white star

The Vol

240 lybrightness mag 5.19A0V

Also catalogued as HR 3460 · HD 74405 · HIP 42425

9,966 K

temperature

5.19

apparent magnitude

39.66× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A0V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

240 years

at light speed from Earth

1.73×

as hot as the Sun

39.66×

the Sun's light output

0.85

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

The VolA-type

Sky regionVolansthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3783 →28 ly apart
HR 3761 →31 ly apart
HR 3721 →36 ly apart
HR 3260 →36 ly apart
HR 3728 →38 ly apart
HD 59640 →39 ly apart

Bright stars in Volans

Bet Vol →mag 3.8
Gam2Vol →mag 3.8
Zet Vol →mag 3.9
Del Vol →mag 4.0
Alp Vol →mag 4.0
Eps Vol →mag 4.3
Eta Vol →mag 5.3
Kap1Vol →mag 5.3

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Volans

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.