K-type star · orange

HR 3668

HR 3668 is an orange in the constellation Vela 537 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,213 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 73.38× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 537 years ago.

537 lybrightness mag 6.27K2III

Also catalogued as HD 79524 · HIP 45242

4,213 K
temperature
6.27
apparent magnitude
73.38× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
537 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
73.38×
the Sun's light output
0.19
absolute magnitude
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HR 3668K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarSuhail16 ly
StarHR 367221 ly
StarHR 373039 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.