K-type star · orange
HR 3713
HR 3713 is an orange in the constellation Carina 1,284 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,205 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 472× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,284 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 80710 · HIP 45615
4,205 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
472× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,284 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
472×
the Sun's light output
-1.84
absolute magnitude
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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.