M-type star · red

HD 68763

HD 68763 is a red in the constellation Vela. Its surface is about 3,510 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 22,284,351× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

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
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HD 68763M-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 32262,500 ly
StarHR 317921,000 ly
StarHR 345632,000 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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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.