K-type star · orange

HR 3050

HR 3050 is an orange in the constellation Canis Minor 490 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,502 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 66.87× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 490 years ago.

490 lybrightness mag 6.17K1III

Also catalogued as HD 63799 · HIP 38300

4,502 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
66.87× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
490 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
66.87×
the Sun's light output
0.29
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 3050K-type
Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction
StarHD 6379813 ly
StarHR 306116 ly
StarHR 296640 ly
StarGomeisastar
StarGamma CMistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canis Minor
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Minor

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.