K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 3762

HR 3762 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Hydra 182 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,169 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.53× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 181 years ago.

182 lybrightness mag 6.25G6IV

Also catalogued as HD 82074 · HIP 46543

5,169 K
temperature
6.25
apparent magnitude
8.53× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
181 years
at light speed from Earth
0.90×
as hot as the Sun
8.53×
the Sun's light output
2.52
absolute magnitude
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HR 3762K-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 378524 ly
Star6 Sex32 ly
StarHR 364936 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.