M-type star · red

HR 3480

1,000 lybrightness mag 6.22K5III

Also catalogued as HD 74860 · HIP 43035

3,638 K

temperature

6.22

apparent magnitude

266× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,000 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

266×

the Sun's light output

-1.21

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3480M-type

Sky regionHydrathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3189 →160 ly apart
HR 3174 →170 ly apart
21 Pup →180 ly apart
HR 3338 →190 ly apart
HD 76478 →200 ly apart
20 Pup →200 ly apart

Bright stars in Hydra

46Gam Hya →mag 3.0
16Zet Hya →mag 3.1
Nu Hya →mag 3.1
49Pi Hya →mag 3.3
Ashlesha →mag 3.4
Xi Hya →mag 3.5
41Lam Hya →mag 3.6
42Mu Hya →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.