K-type star · orange

HR 4522

HR 4522 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus 390 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,010 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 282× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 390 years ago.

390 lybrightness mag 4.11G0II

Also catalogued as HD 102350 · HIP 57439

5,010 K
temperature
4.11
apparent magnitude
282× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
390 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
282×
the Sun's light output
-1.28
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 4522K-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarLambda Cen34 ly
StarHR 432535 ly
StarHR 440135 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Centaurus
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.1To 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.