K-type star · orange

HR 3407

HR 3407 is an orange in the constellation Vela 849 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,114 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 585× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 849 years ago.

849 lybrightness mag 5.01K1/K2II

Also catalogued as HD 73155 · HIP 42088

4,114 K
temperature
5.01
apparent magnitude
585× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1/K2II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
849 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
585×
the Sun's light output
-2.07
absolute magnitude
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HR 3407K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 325659 ly
StarHR 322761 ly
StarHR 361184 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
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Bright stars in Vela
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook 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.