K-type star · orange

HR 3957

HR 3957 is an orange in the constellation Carina 722 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,498 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 141× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 722 years ago.

722 lybrightness mag 6.20K1II

Also catalogued as HD 87238 · HIP 49160

4,498 K
temperature
6.20
apparent magnitude
141× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
722 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
141×
the Sun's light output
-0.52
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

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.