M-type star · red

HR 3480

HR 3480 is a red in the constellation Hydra 1,000 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,638 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 266× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,000 years ago.

1,000 lybrightness mag 6.22K5III

Also catalogued as HD 74860 · HIP 43035

3,638 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
266× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,000 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
266×
the Sun's light output
-1.21
absolute magnitude
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HR 3480M-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.