HD 73634 is a single[8] star in the southern constellation of Vela.
The star is white in hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of +4.11.
[2] Parallax measurements provide a distance estimate of approximately 1,800 light years from the Sun.
[2] This evolved object has received stellar classifications of A7Ia[3] and A6II,[4] indicating that it is a massive supergiant or bright giant star.
[5] The star has expanded to nearly 34 times the girth of the Sun and is radiating around 4,140 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,977 K.[6]