K-type star · orange

28 Hya

28 Hya is an orange in the constellation Hydra 899 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,759 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 380× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.6 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 898 years ago.

899 lybrightness mag 5.60K5III

Also catalogued as HR 3738 · HD 81420 · HIP 46221

3,759 K
temperature
5.60
apparent magnitude
380× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
898 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
380×
the Sun's light output
-1.60
absolute magnitude
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28 HyaK-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
Star29 Hya150 ly
StarHR 3618150 ly
Star37 Hya150 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hydra
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Hydra

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.