K-type star · orange

HR 3838

493 lybrightness mag 5.72G9III:

Also catalogued as HD 83489 · HIP 47594

4,449 K

temperature

5.72

apparent magnitude

103× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G9III:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

493 years

at light speed from Earth

0.77×

as hot as the Sun

103×

the Sun's light output

-0.18

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3838K-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3824 →19 ly apart
27 UMa →30 ly apart
11Sig1UMa →44 ly apart
HR 3470 →49 ly apart
HR 4176 →52 ly apart
HR 3719 →55 ly apart

Bright stars in Ursa Major

Alioth →mag 1.8
Dubhe →mag 1.8
Alkaid →mag 1.9
Merak →mag 2.3
Phecda →mag 2.4
52Psi UMa →mag 3.0
Tania Australis →mag 3.1
Talitha →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ursa Major

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.