K-type star · orange

HR 3700

HR 3700 is an orange in the constellation Vela 874 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,945 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 184× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 874 years ago.

874 lybrightness mag 6.33K3III

Also catalogued as HD 80435 · HIP 45603

3,945 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
184× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
874 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
184×
the Sun's light output
-0.81
absolute magnitude
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HR 3700K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
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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.