K-type star · orange

HR 3802

HR 3802 is an orange in the constellation Hydra 740 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,792 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 187× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 740 years ago.

740 lybrightness mag 5.95K4III

Also catalogued as HD 82660 · HIP 46859

3,792 K
temperature
5.95
apparent magnitude
187× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
740 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
187×
the Sun's light output
-0.83
absolute magnitude
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HR 3802K-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 384842 ly
Star29 Hya65 ly
Star24 Hya99 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hydra
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook 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.