K-type star · orange

HR 3130

HR 3130 is an orange in the constellation Lynx 817 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,700 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 159× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 817 years ago.

817 lybrightness mag 6.34K0

Also catalogued as HD 65801 · HIP 39279

3,700 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
159× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
817 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
159×
the Sun's light output
-0.66
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lynx

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.