K-type star · orange

HR 3030

HR 3030 is an orange in the constellation Gemini 762 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,005 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 178× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 762 years ago.

762 lybrightness mag 6.07K0

Also catalogued as HD 63352 · HIP 38147

4,005 K
temperature
6.07
apparent magnitude
178× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
762 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
178×
the Sun's light output
-0.77
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Gemini

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.