F-type star · yellow-white star
HR 4438
HR 4438 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Centaurus. Its surface is about 6,514 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 26,791,683× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.
brightness mag 6.28A3Iae
Also catalogued as HD 100198 · HIP 56201
6,514 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
26,791,683× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A3Iae
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.13×
as hot as the Sun
26,791,683×
the Sun's light output
-13.72
absolute magnitude
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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.