G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 3445

HR 3445 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Vela. Its surface is about 5,706 K, and it shines at 270,395,836× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 3.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye.

brightness mag 3.77F3Ia

Also catalogued as HD 74180 · HIP 42570

5,706 K
temperature
3.77
apparent magnitude
270,395,836× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F3Ia
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
270,395,836×
the Sun's light output
-16.23
absolute magnitude
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Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 3.8To 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.