K-type star · orange

HR 3693

HR 3693 is an orange in the constellation Carina 1,102 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,656 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 295× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,102 years ago.

1,102 lybrightness mag 6.32G8II

Also catalogued as HD 80126 · HIP 45437

4,656 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
295× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,102 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
295×
the Sun's light output
-1.32
absolute magnitude
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HR 3693K-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.