M-type star · red

HR 4449

HR 4449 is a red in the constellation Hydra 389 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,676 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 110× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 389 years ago.

389 lybrightness mag 5.13M1/M2III

Also catalogued as HD 100393 · HIP 56332

3,676 K
temperature
5.13
apparent magnitude
110× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1/M2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
389 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
110×
the Sun's light output
-0.25
absolute magnitude
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HR 4449M-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 450322 ly
StarHR 446930 ly
StarHR 433935 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hydra
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook 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.