K-type star · orange

HR 3378

HR 3378 is an orange in the constellation Hydra 1,647 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,590 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 979× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,647 years ago.

1,647 lybrightness mag 5.89G5III

Also catalogued as HD 72561 · HIP 42008

4,590 K
temperature
5.89
apparent magnitude
979× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,647 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
979×
the Sun's light output
-2.63
absolute magnitude
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HR 3378K-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 3557280 ly
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StarGamma Hyastar
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Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.