K-type star · orange

HR 3272

HR 3272 is an orange in the constellation Hydra 690 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,070 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 139× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 690 years ago.

690 lybrightness mag 6.12K2III

Also catalogued as HD 70148 · HIP 40859

4,070 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
139× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
690 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
139×
the Sun's light output
-0.51
absolute magnitude
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HR 3272K-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 349387 ly
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StarZeta CMi130 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.