M-type star · red

HR 3444

HR 3444 is a red in the constellation Vela 965 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,562 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 411× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 965 years ago.

965 lybrightness mag 5.67M0III

Also catalogued as HD 74167 · HIP 42564

3,562 K
temperature
5.67
apparent magnitude
411× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
965 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
411×
the Sun's light output
-1.69
absolute magnitude
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HR 3444M-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHD 7030983 ly
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StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To 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.