K-type star · orange

HR 3895

HR 3895 is an orange in the constellation Vela 331 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,899 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 34.20× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 331 years ago.

331 lybrightness mag 6.05K0III

Also catalogued as HD 85250 · HIP 48119

4,899 K
temperature
6.05
apparent magnitude
34.20× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
331 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
34.20×
the Sun's light output
1.01
absolute magnitude
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HR 3895K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 387519 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.