M-type star · red

HR 3017

HR 3017 is a red in the constellation Puppis 1,132 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,508 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 3,743× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 3.6 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,132 years ago.

1,132 lybrightness mag 3.62K4III

Also catalogued as HD 63032 · HIP 37819

3,508 K
temperature
3.62
apparent magnitude
3,743× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,132 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
3,743×
the Sun's light output
-4.08
absolute magnitude
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HR 3017M-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
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Bright stars in Puppis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 3.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Puppis

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.