M-type star · red

HR 3027

HR 3027 is a red in the constellation Puppis 1,412 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,519 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 458× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,412 years ago.

1,412 lybrightness mag 6.38K5II/III

Also catalogued as HD 63323 · HIP 38037

3,519 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
458× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5II/III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,412 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
458×
the Sun's light output
-1.80
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.