A-type star · white star

HR 4481

HR 4481 is a white star in the constellation Ursa Major 688 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,537 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 98.27× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 688 years ago.

688 lybrightness mag 6.49A5IV

Also catalogued as HD 101150 · HIP 56816

8,537 K

temperature

6.49

apparent magnitude

98.27× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A5IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

688 years

at light speed from Earth

1.48×

as hot as the Sun

98.27×

the Sun's light output

-0.13

absolute magnitude

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HR 4481A-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Major

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.