K-type star · orange

HR 3808

HR 3808 is an orange in the constellation Hydra 362 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,688 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 106× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 362 years ago.

362 lybrightness mag 5.02K0III

Also catalogued as HD 82734 · HIP 46880 · Gliese Gl 355.2

4,688 K
temperature
5.02
apparent magnitude
106× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
362 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
106×
the Sun's light output
-0.21
absolute magnitude
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HR 3808K-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 379618 ly
StarHR 391947 ly
StarHR 367547 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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Bright stars in Hydra
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.0To 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.