K-type star · orange

HR 4601

HR 4601 is an orange in the constellation Musca 1,129 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,313 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 277× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,129 years ago.

1,129 lybrightness mag 6.44G6III

Also catalogued as HD 104752 · HIP 58810

4,313 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
277× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,129 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
277×
the Sun's light output
-1.26
absolute magnitude
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HR 4601K-type
Sky regionMuscathis direction
StarHD 109372140 ly
StarHR 4406150 ly
StarHR 4976150 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.