K-type star · orange

HR 3968

HR 3968 is an orange in the constellation Antlia 541 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,102 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 64.74× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 541 years ago.

541 lybrightness mag 6.42K1III

Also catalogued as HD 87477 · HIP 49343

4,102 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
64.74× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
541 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
64.74×
the Sun's light output
0.32
absolute magnitude
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HR 3968K-type
Sky regionAntliathis direction
StarHR 405631 ly
StarHR 405340 ly
StarHR 403648 ly
StarAlpha Antstar
StarEpsilon Antstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Antlia
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Antlia

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.