K-type star · orange

HR 4580

HR 4580 is an orange in the constellation Virgo 695 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,200 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 134× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 695 years ago.

695 lybrightness mag 6.18K2IV

Also catalogued as HD 104055 · HIP 58445

4,200 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
134× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
695 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
134×
the Sun's light output
-0.46
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Virgo

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.