K-type star · orange

HR 4596

HR 4596 is an orange in the constellation Musca 433 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,383 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 41.92× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 433 years ago.

433 lybrightness mag 6.41K1III

Also catalogued as HD 104570 · HIP 58706

4,383 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
41.92× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
433 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
41.92×
the Sun's light output
0.79
absolute magnitude
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HR 4596K-type
Sky regionMuscathis direction
StarHR 461730 ly
StarMu Mus37 ly
StarHR 486245 ly
StarAlpha Musstar
StarBeta Musstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Musca
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Musca

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.