K-type star · orange
HR 3231
HR 3231 is an orange in the constellation Cancer 1,190 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,663 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 322× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,190 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 68776 · HIP 40354
4,663 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
322× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,190 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
322×
the Sun's light output
-1.42
absolute magnitude
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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.