K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 3351

HR 3351 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Lynx 189 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,724 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 9.46× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 189 years ago.

189 lybrightness mag 6.23K0IV

Also catalogued as HD 71952 · HIP 41894

4,724 K

temperature

6.23

apparent magnitude

9.46× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

189 years

at light speed from Earth

0.82×

as hot as the Sun

9.46×

the Sun's light output

2.41

absolute magnitude

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HR 3351K-type

Sky regionLynxthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.