K-type star · orange

HR 3590

HR 3590 is an orange in the constellation Hydra 1,039 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,491 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 327× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,039 years ago.

1,039 lybrightness mag 6.08F3IV+...

Also catalogued as HD 77250 · HIP 44315

4,491 K
temperature
6.08
apparent magnitude
327× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F3IV+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,039 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
327×
the Sun's light output
-1.44
absolute magnitude
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HR 3590K-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 352650 ly
StarHR 345894 ly
StarOmega Hya140 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hydra
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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.