K-type star · orange

HR 3682

HR 3682 is an orange in the constellation Vela 225 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,550 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 44.46× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 225 years ago.

225 lybrightness mag 4.92K1III

Also catalogued as HD 79917 · HIP 45439

4,550 K
temperature
4.92
apparent magnitude
44.46× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
225 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
44.46×
the Sun's light output
0.73
absolute magnitude
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HR 3682K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 382319 ly
StarHR 359121 ly
StarHR 381224 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.