K-type star · orange

HR 3910

HR 3910 is an orange in the constellation Vela 323 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,377 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 48.35× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.6 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 323 years ago.

323 lybrightness mag 5.62K2III

Also catalogued as HD 85563 · HIP 48348

4,377 K
temperature
5.62
apparent magnitude
48.35× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
323 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
48.35×
the Sun's light output
0.64
absolute magnitude
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HR 3910K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 392730 ly
StarHR 396432 ly
StarHR 409940 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.6To 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.