K-type star · orange

HR 3172

488 lybrightness mag 6.40K0

Also catalogued as HD 66950 · HIP 39625

4,608 K

temperature

6.40

apparent magnitude

53.60× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

488 years

at light speed from Earth

0.80×

as hot as the Sun

53.60×

the Sun's light output

0.53

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3172K-type

Sky regionMonocerosthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 68667 →20 ly apart
28 Mon →39 ly apart
HR 3050 →46 ly apart
HR 3061 →48 ly apart
HD 63798 →55 ly apart
HD 63838 →55 ly apart

Bright stars in Monoceros

11Bet Mon →mag 3.8
26Alp Mon →mag 3.9
5Gam Mon →mag 4.0
22Del Mon →mag 4.2
29Zet Mon →mag 4.4
8Eps Mon →mag 4.4
13 Mon →mag 4.5
18 Mon →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Monoceros

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.