K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4506

HR 4506 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Crater 255 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,869 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 17.49× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 255 years ago.

255 lybrightness mag 6.21G8IV

Also catalogued as HD 101695 · HIP 57079

4,869 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
17.49× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
255 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
17.49×
the Sun's light output
1.74
absolute magnitude
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HR 4506K-type
Sky regionCraterthis direction
StarEta Crt21 ly
StarHR 465538 ly
StarHR 455842 ly
StarDelta Crtstar
StarGamma Crtstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Crater

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.