K-type star · orange

HR 3585

HR 3585 is an orange in the constellation Pyxis 545 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,750 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 77.70× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 545 years ago.

545 lybrightness mag 6.24G8III

Also catalogued as HD 77087 · HIP 44130

4,750 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
77.70× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
545 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
77.70×
the Sun's light output
0.12
absolute magnitude
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HR 3585K-type
Sky regionPyxisthis direction
StarKappa Pyx37 ly
StarTheta Pyx67 ly
StarHR 340268 ly
StarAlpha Pyxstar
StarBeta Pyxstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pyxis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.