K-type star · orange

HR 3246

HR 3246 is an orange in the constellation Lynx 843 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,708 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 182× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 843 years ago.

843 lybrightness mag 6.26K5

Also catalogued as HD 69149 · HIP 40677

3,708 K
temperature
6.26
apparent magnitude
182× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
843 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
182×
the Sun's light output
-0.80
absolute magnitude
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HR 3246K-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
StarHR 317565 ly
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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.