K-type star · orange

HR 3604

HR 3604 is an orange in the constellation Carina 1,310 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,287 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 672× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,310 years ago.

1,310 lybrightness mag 5.80G8II

Also catalogued as HD 77615 · HIP 44256

4,287 K
temperature
5.80
apparent magnitude
672× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,310 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
672×
the Sun's light output
-2.22
absolute magnitude
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HR 3604K-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
StarHR 3825110 ly
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Bright stars in Carina
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Carina

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.