K-type star · orange

HR 4500

HR 4500 is an orange in the constellation Ursa Major 872 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,807 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 192× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 872 years ago.

872 lybrightness mag 6.28K5

Also catalogued as HD 101604 · HIP 57045

3,807 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
192× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
872 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
192×
the Sun's light output
-0.86
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.3To 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.