K-type star · orange

HR 3491

HR 3491 is an orange in the constellation Volans 932 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,792 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 209× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 932 years ago.

932 lybrightness mag 6.33K3III:

Also catalogued as HD 75116 · HIP 42850

3,792 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
209× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
932 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
209×
the Sun's light output
-0.95
absolute magnitude
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HR 3491K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Volans

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.