K-type star · orange

HR 3477

HR 3477 is an orange in the constellation Vela 229 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,067 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 103× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 229 years ago.

229 lybrightness mag 4.05G5III

Also catalogued as HD 74772 · HIP 42884 · Gliese Gl 321.1

5,067 K
temperature
4.05
apparent magnitude
103× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
229 years
at light speed from Earth
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
103×
the Sun's light output
-0.18
absolute magnitude
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HR 3477K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 358821 ly
StarHR 359122 ly
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StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.0To 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.