K-type star · orange
HR 3428
HR 3428 is an orange in the constellation Cancer 712 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,695 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 112× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 712 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 73710 · HIP 42549
4,695 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
112× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
712 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
112×
the Sun's light output
-0.28
absolute magnitude
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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.