K-type star · orange

HR 4582

HR 4582 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus 1,026 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,163 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 331× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,026 years ago.

1,026 lybrightness mag 6.04K1/K2II

Also catalogued as HD 104081 · HIP 58453

4,163 K
temperature
6.04
apparent magnitude
331× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1/K2II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,026 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
331×
the Sun's light output
-1.45
absolute magnitude
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HR 4582K-type
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Brightness mag 6.0To 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.