K-type star · orange

HR 3557

1,418 lybrightness mag 6.13G8II-III

Also catalogued as HD 76494 · HIP 43902

4,740 K

temperature

6.13

apparent magnitude

581× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8II-III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,418 years

at light speed from Earth

0.82×

as hot as the Sun

581×

the Sun's light output

-2.06

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3557K-type

Sky regionHydrathis direction

Nearest stars

HD 76908 →220 ly apart
HR 3378 →280 ly apart
HR 3288 →360 ly apart
HR 3590 →380 ly apart
HR 3231 →380 ly apart
HR 3342 →390 ly apart

Bright stars in Hydra

46Gam Hya →mag 3.0
16Zet Hya →mag 3.1
Nu Hya →mag 3.1
49Pi Hya →mag 3.3
Ashlesha →mag 3.4
Xi Hya →mag 3.5
41Lam Hya →mag 3.6
42Mu Hya →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To 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.