G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 3643

HR 3643 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Carina 401 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,940 K, and it shines at 214× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 401 years ago.

401 lybrightness mag 4.47F6II-III

Also catalogued as HD 78791 · HIP 44599

5,940 K
temperature
4.47
apparent magnitude
214× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F6II-III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
401 years
at light speed from Earth
1.03×
as hot as the Sun
214×
the Sun's light output
-0.98
absolute magnitude
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HR 3643G-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Carina
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.5To 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.