K-type star · orange

HR 3533

HR 3533 is an orange in the constellation Pyxis 767 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,869 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 122× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 767 years ago.

767 lybrightness mag 6.49K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 76001 · HIP 43573

3,869 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
122× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2/K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
767 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
122×
the Sun's light output
-0.37
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pyxis

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.