K-type star · orange

HR 3099

HR 3099 is an orange in the constellation Puppis 1,113 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,830 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 312× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,113 years ago.

1,113 lybrightness mag 6.28M5/M6III

Also catalogued as HD 65183 · HIP 38792

3,830 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
312× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M5/M6III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,113 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
312×
the Sun's light output
-1.39
absolute magnitude
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HR 3099K-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 311399 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.