A-type star · white star

HR 4579

1,052 lybrightness mag 6.42A1IV/V

Also catalogued as HD 104039 · HIP 58436

9,675 K

temperature

6.42

apparent magnitude

245× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A1IV/V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,052 years

at light speed from Earth

1.68×

as hot as the Sun

245×

the Sun's light output

-1.12

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4579A-type

Sky regionHydrathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4759 →150 ly apart
HR 4647 →210 ly apart
HR 4396 →230 ly apart
HR 4346 →250 ly apart
HR 4420 →250 ly apart
HR 4508 →280 ly apart

Bright stars in Hydra

46Gam Hya →mag 3.0
16Zet Hya →mag 3.1
Nu Hya →mag 3.1
49Pi Hya →mag 3.3
Ashlesha →mag 3.4
Xi Hya →mag 3.5
41Lam Hya →mag 3.6
42Mu Hya →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.