K-type star · orange

HR 3111

HR 3111 is an orange in the constellation Puppis 767 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,015 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 177× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 767 years ago.

767 lybrightness mag 6.09K3III

Also catalogued as HD 65442 · HIP 38845

4,015 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
177× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
767 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
177×
the Sun's light output
-0.77
absolute magnitude
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HR 3111K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.