K-type star · orange

HR 3716

HR 3716 is an orange in the constellation Vela 511 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,957 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 82.11× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 511 years ago.

511 lybrightness mag 6.04K3/K4III

Also catalogued as HD 80774 · HIP 45814

3,957 K
temperature
6.04
apparent magnitude
82.11× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3/K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
511 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
82.11×
the Sun's light output
0.06
absolute magnitude
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HR 3716K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 373731 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.