K-type star · orange

HR 3096

HR 3096 is an orange in the constellation Puppis 882 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,833 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 167× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 881 years ago.

882 lybrightness mag 6.45K4III

Also catalogued as HD 64974 · HIP 38686

3,833 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
167× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
881 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
167×
the Sun's light output
-0.71
absolute magnitude
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HR 3096K-type
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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.