K-type star · orange

HR 3436

HR 3436 is an orange in the constellation Ursa Major 413 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,789 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 45.92× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 413 years ago.

413 lybrightness mag 6.21G8III

Also catalogued as HD 73971 · HIP 42777

4,789 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
45.92× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
413 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
45.92×
the Sun's light output
0.69
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Major

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.