K-type star · orange

HR 3362

HR 3362 is an orange in the constellation Pyxis 1,056 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,780 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 520× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.6 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,056 years ago.

1,056 lybrightness mag 5.61K3III

Also catalogued as HD 72227 · HIP 41723

3,780 K
temperature
5.61
apparent magnitude
520× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,056 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
520×
the Sun's light output
-1.94
absolute magnitude
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HR 3362K-type
Sky regionPyxisthis direction
StarHR 328262 ly
StarHR 3240100 ly
StarHR 3296120 ly
StarAlpha Pyxstar
StarBeta Pyxstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pyxis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Pyxis

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.