K-type star · orange

HR 3602

HR 3602 is an orange in the constellation Vela 400 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,743 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 41.38× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 400 years ago.

400 lybrightness mag 6.25K1IIICN...

Also catalogued as HD 77580 · HIP 44367

4,743 K
temperature
6.25
apparent magnitude
41.38× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1IIICN...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
400 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
41.38×
the Sun's light output
0.81
absolute magnitude
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HR 3602K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 360034 ly
StarBeta Pyx46 ly
StarHR 346348 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.