K-type star · orange

HR 3393

HR 3393 is an orange in the constellation Chamaeleon 247 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,700 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 27.04× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 247 years ago.

247 lybrightness mag 5.67G8III

Also catalogued as HD 72922 · HIP 41191

4,700 K
temperature
5.67
apparent magnitude
27.04× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
247 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
27.04×
the Sun's light output
1.27
absolute magnitude
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HR 3393K-type
Sky regionChamaeleonthis direction
StarHR 372136 ly
StarHR 439737 ly
StarTheta Vol45 ly
StarAlpha Chastar
StarGamma Chastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Chamaeleon
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Chamaeleon

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.