K-type star · orange

HR 3976

HR 3976 is an orange in the constellation Vela 240 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,051 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 44.75× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 240 years ago.

240 lybrightness mag 5.06K0IV

Also catalogued as HD 87783 · HIP 49485

5,051 K
temperature
5.06
apparent magnitude
44.75× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
240 years
at light speed from Earth
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
44.75×
the Sun's light output
0.72
absolute magnitude
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HR 3976K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 383123 ly
StarHR 408726 ly
StarHR 400127 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To 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.