K-type star · orange

HR 3417

HR 3417 is an orange in the constellation Volans 395 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,876 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 46.05× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 395 years ago.

395 lybrightness mag 6.11G8III

Also catalogued as HD 73468 · HIP 41907

4,876 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
46.05× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
395 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
46.05×
the Sun's light output
0.69
absolute magnitude
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HR 3417K-type
Sky regionVolansthis direction
StarEta Vol15 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Volans

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.