K-type star · orange

HR 3987

HR 3987 is an orange in the constellation Leo Minor 628 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,163 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 94.10× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 628 years ago.

628 lybrightness mag 6.34K3III:

Also catalogued as HD 88161 · HIP 49870

4,163 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
94.10× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
628 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
94.10×
the Sun's light output
-0.08
absolute magnitude
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HR 3987K-type
Sky regionLeo Minorthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Leo Minor

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.