K-type star · orange

HR 3053

HR 3053 is an orange in the constellation Gemini 453 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,461 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 65.04× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 453 years ago.

453 lybrightness mag 6.03K1III:

Also catalogued as HD 63889 · HIP 38394

4,461 K
temperature
6.03
apparent magnitude
65.04× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
453 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
65.04×
the Sun's light output
0.32
absolute magnitude
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HR 3053K-type
Sky regionGeminithis direction
Star1 Cnc33 ly
StarHR 293146 ly
Star61 Gem47 ly
StarPolluxstar
StarAlhenastar
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Bright stars in Gemini
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.