K-type star · orange

HR 3548

HR 3548 is an orange in the constellation Vela 1,217 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,841 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 328× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,217 years ago.

1,217 lybrightness mag 6.42K0II/III+..

Also catalogued as HD 76304 · HIP 43673

4,841 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
328× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0II/III+..
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,217 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
328×
the Sun's light output
-1.44
absolute magnitude
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HR 3548K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 351450 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.