K-type star · orange

HR 3788

HR 3788 is an orange in the constellation Hydra 357 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,342 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 37.26× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 357 years ago.

357 lybrightness mag 6.12K0

Also catalogued as HD 82477 · HIP 46768

4,342 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
37.26× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
357 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
37.26×
the Sun's light output
0.92
absolute magnitude
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HR 3788K-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHD 7999425 ly
Star26 Hya29 ly
StarHR 368735 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.