K-type star · orange

HD 63734

HD 63734 is an orange in the constellation Puppis 365 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,243 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 27.62× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 365 years ago.

365 lybrightness mag 6.49K2III

Also catalogued as HIP 38209

4,243 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
27.62× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
365 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
27.62×
the Sun's light output
1.25
absolute magnitude
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HD 63734K-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 294851 ly
StarHR 306860 ly
StarHR 332062 ly
StarNaosstar
StarPi Pupstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Puppis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.