K-type star · orange

HR 3036

HR 3036 is an orange in the constellation Volans 633 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,869 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 92.98× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 633 years ago.

633 lybrightness mag 6.37G6/G8III

Also catalogued as HD 63513 · HIP 37773

4,869 K
temperature
6.37
apparent magnitude
92.98× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6/G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
633 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
92.98×
the Sun's light output
-0.07
absolute magnitude
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HR 3036K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Volans

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.