giant · K3III
Avior
Avior is a orange giant (spectral type K3III) about 610 light-years away. With an apparent magnitude of 1.86 it is a very bright, conspicuous star.
A star in Carina; together with three other stars it forms the "False Cross".
Its light output is roughly 5,400 times that of the Sun (a rough estimate in visible light, calculated from brightness and distance).
It is never visible from Germany, as it lies too far south.
Key facts
- Distance
- ≈ 610 light-years
- Spectral type
- K3III (giant)
- Colour
- Orange
- Apparent magnitude
- 1.86 mag
- Luminosity
- ≈ 5,400 × Sun
- Position
- Right ascension 8h 23m, declination -59.5°
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Data: Hipparcos / HYG catalogue (CC BY-SA 4.0). Luminosity and visibility are calculated estimates.