K-type star · orange

HR 4524

HR 4524 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus 436 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,861 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 53.46× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 436 years ago.

436 lybrightness mag 6.16G8III

Also catalogued as HD 102397 · HIP 57497

4,861 K
temperature
6.16
apparent magnitude
53.46× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
436 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
53.46×
the Sun's light output
0.53
absolute magnitude
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HR 4524K-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarOmicron Hya19 ly
StarHR 447030 ly
StarHR 441137 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.