K-type star · orange

HR 3256

811 lybrightness mag 6.44K3/K4III

Also catalogued as HD 69596 · HIP 40433

3,764 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
143× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3/K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
811 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
143×
the Sun's light output
-0.54
absolute magnitude
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HR 3256K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 322744 ly
StarHR 340759 ly
StarHR 308973 ly
StarGam2Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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Brightness mag 6.4To 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.