K-type star · orange

HR 3741

HR 3741 is an orange in the constellation Hydra 691 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,098 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 154× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 691 years ago.

691 lybrightness mag 6.01K3III

Also catalogued as HD 81567 · HIP 46288

4,098 K
temperature
6.01
apparent magnitude
154× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
691 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
154×
the Sun's light output
-0.62
absolute magnitude
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HR 3741K-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
Star24 Hya93 ly
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Star19 Hya120 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.