K-type star · orange

HR 3843

HR 3843 is an orange in the constellation Draco 1,035 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,029 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 277× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,035 years ago.

1,035 lybrightness mag 6.25K2III

Also catalogued as HD 83550 · HIP 47884

4,029 K
temperature
6.25
apparent magnitude
277× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,035 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
277×
the Sun's light output
-1.26
absolute magnitude
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HR 3843K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.