K-type star · orange

HR 3807

HR 3807 is an orange in the constellation Vela 424 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,004 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 106× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.3 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 424 years ago.

424 lybrightness mag 5.35G8III

Also catalogued as HD 82694 · HIP 46811

5,004 K
temperature
5.35
apparent magnitude
106× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
424 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
106×
the Sun's light output
-0.22
absolute magnitude
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HR 3807K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 389240 ly
StarHR 360045 ly
StarHR 360249 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.3To see it no equipment neededLook 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.