K-type star · orange

HR 3252

HR 3252 is an orange in the constellation Cancer 879 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,791 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 195× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 879 years ago.

879 lybrightness mag 6.28G8III

Also catalogued as HD 69478 · HIP 40617

4,791 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
195× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
879 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
195×
the Sun's light output
-0.87
absolute magnitude
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HR 3252K-type
Sky regionCancerthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cancer

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.