K-type star · orange

HR 4507

HR 4507 is an orange in the constellation Chamaeleon 360 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,559 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 31.54× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 360 years ago.

360 lybrightness mag 6.32K0III

Also catalogued as HD 101782 · HIP 56996

4,559 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
31.54× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
360 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
31.54×
the Sun's light output
1.10
absolute magnitude
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HR 4507K-type
Sky regionChamaeleonthis direction
StarIota Oct19 ly
StarHR 459520 ly
StarEta Oct20 ly
StarAlpha Chastar
StarGamma Chastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Chamaeleon

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.