K-type star · orange

HR 3012

HR 3012 is an orange in the constellation Carina 646 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,628 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 113× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 646 years ago.

646 lybrightness mag 6.20K0III

Also catalogued as HD 62897 · HIP 37599

4,628 K
temperature
6.20
apparent magnitude
113× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
646 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
113×
the Sun's light output
-0.28
absolute magnitude
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HR 3012K-type
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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.