K-type star · orange

HR 3583

HR 3583 is an orange in the constellation Vela 1,035 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,603 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 390× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,035 years ago.

1,035 lybrightness mag 5.88G8/K0II

Also catalogued as HD 77020 · HIP 44024

4,603 K
temperature
5.88
apparent magnitude
390× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8/K0II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,035 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
390×
the Sun's light output
-1.63
absolute magnitude
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HR 3583K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 353917 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.