K-type star · orange

HR 3181

HR 3181 is an orange in the constellation Lynx 667 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,189 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 114× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 667 years ago.

667 lybrightness mag 6.26K3III:

Also catalogued as HD 67370 · HIP 39938

4,189 K
temperature
6.26
apparent magnitude
114× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
667 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
114×
the Sun's light output
-0.29
absolute magnitude
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HR 3181K-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
Star28 Lyn38 ly
StarHD 6358893 ly
StarHR 2775110 ly
StarAlpha Lynstar
Star38 Lynstar
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Bright stars in Lynx
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
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.