M-type star · red

HD 68763

brightness mag 6.48K3III:

Also catalogued as HIP 40160

3,510 K

temperature

6.48

apparent magnitude

22,284,351× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

0.61×

as hot as the Sun

22,284,351×

the Sun's light output

-13.52

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 68763M-type

Sky regionVelathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3226 →2,500 ly apart
HR 3179 →21,000 ly apart
HR 3456 →32,000 ly apart
HR 3445 →34,000 ly apart
HR 3494 →38,000 ly apart
HR 3496 →39,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Vela

Gam2Vel →mag 1.8
Alsephina →mag 1.9
Suhail →mag 2.2
Markeb →mag 2.5
Mu Vel →mag 2.7
Phi Vel →mag 3.5
Psi Vel →mag 3.6
Kalausi →mag 8.2

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.