K-type star · orange

HR 3972

HR 3972 is an orange in the constellation Antlia 457 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,489 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 53.21× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 457 years ago.

457 lybrightness mag 6.27K1III

Also catalogued as HD 87606 · HIP 49418

4,489 K
temperature
6.27
apparent magnitude
53.21× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
457 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
53.21×
the Sun's light output
0.54
absolute magnitude
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HR 3972K-type
Sky regionAntliathis direction
StarHR 398418 ly
StarHR 401934 ly
StarHR 401542 ly
StarAlpha Antstar
StarEpsilon Antstar
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Bright stars in Antlia
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.