K-type star · orange

HR 3178

HR 3178 is an orange in the constellation Vela 1,186 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,283 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 476× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,186 years ago.

1,186 lybrightness mag 5.96G5II

Also catalogued as HD 67249 · HIP 39527

4,283 K
temperature
5.96
apparent magnitude
476× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,186 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
476×
the Sun's light output
-1.84
absolute magnitude
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HR 3178K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 310052 ly
StarHD 6762182 ly
StarGamma² Vel96 ly
StarAlsephinastar
StarSuhailstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Vela

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.