K-type star · orange

HR 3253

HR 3253 is an orange in the constellation Puppis 1,656 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,721 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 778× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,656 years ago.

1,656 lybrightness mag 6.15K2III

Also catalogued as HD 69511 · HIP 40485

3,721 K
temperature
6.15
apparent magnitude
778× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,656 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
778×
the Sun's light output
-2.38
absolute magnitude
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HR 3253K-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Puppis

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.