K-type star · orange

HR 4516

HR 4516 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus 392 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,360 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 39.34× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 392 years ago.

392 lybrightness mag 6.26K1III

Also catalogued as HD 102150 · HIP 57322

4,360 K
temperature
6.26
apparent magnitude
39.34× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
392 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
39.34×
the Sun's light output
0.86
absolute magnitude
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HR 4516K-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHD 10483927 ly
StarHD 10408028 ly
StarDelta Cen37 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
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Bright stars in Centaurus
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.