K-type star · orange

HR 3120

HR 3120 is an orange in the constellation Carina 1,310 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,714 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 711× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,310 years ago.

1,310 lybrightness mag 5.74K4II

Also catalogued as HD 65662 · HIP 38783

3,714 K
temperature
5.74
apparent magnitude
711× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,310 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
711×
the Sun's light output
-2.28
absolute magnitude
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HR 3120K-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
StarHR 300680 ly
StarHR 3186120 ly
StarHR 3088150 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Carina
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Carina

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.