K-type star · orange

HR 4499

HR 4499 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus 889 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,491 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 690× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 889 years ago.

889 lybrightness mag 4.93G3Ib

Also catalogued as HD 101570 · HIP 56986

4,491 K
temperature
4.93
apparent magnitude
690× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G3Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
889 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
690×
the Sun's light output
-2.25
absolute magnitude
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HR 4499K-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarTheta² Cru56 ly
StarHD 105822110 ly
StarHD 108395110 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
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Bright stars in Centaurus
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Centaurus

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.