K-type star · orange

HR 3057

HR 3057 is an orange in the constellation Puppis 348 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,836 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 29.35× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 348 years ago.

348 lybrightness mag 6.32K0III

Also catalogued as HD 63948 · HIP 38183

4,836 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
29.35× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
348 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
29.35×
the Sun's light output
1.18
absolute magnitude
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HR 3057K-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 308026 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.