K-type star · orange

HR 3390

HR 3390 is an orange in the constellation Vela 2,234 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,705 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,292× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,234 years ago.

2,234 lybrightness mag 6.25K3III

Also catalogued as HD 72900 · HIP 41986

3,705 K
temperature
6.25
apparent magnitude
1,292× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,234 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
1,292×
the Sun's light output
-2.93
absolute magnitude
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HR 3390K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 3358110 ly
StarHD 69404250 ly
StarHR 3232270 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.