K-type star · orange

HR 3740

2,160 lybrightness mag 6.30K1/K2II/III

Also catalogued as HD 81502 · HIP 46049

3,828 K

temperature

6.30

apparent magnitude

1,153× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1/K2II/III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,160 years

at light speed from Earth

0.66×

as hot as the Sun

1,153×

the Sun's light output

-2.81

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 3740K-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3868 →350 ly apart
HR 4018 →370 ly apart
HR 4107 →390 ly apart
HD 93206 →410 ly apart
HR 3924 →410 ly apart
HR 4177 →420 ly apart

Bright stars in Carina

Miaplacidus →mag 1.7
Avior →mag 1.9
Aspidiske →mag 2.2
The Car →mag 2.7
Ups Car →mag 2.9
Ome Car →mag 3.3
Chi Car →mag 3.5
Eta Car →mag 6.2

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

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.