M-type star · red

HR 3930

HR 3930 is a red in the constellation Vela 731 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,632 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 122× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 731 years ago.

731 lybrightness mag 6.39M1III

Also catalogued as HD 86211 · HIP 48706

3,632 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
122× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
731 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
122×
the Sun's light output
-0.36
absolute magnitude
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HR 3930M-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
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Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.