A-type star · white star

HR 4611

HR 4611 is a white star in the constellation Musca. Its surface is about 8,554 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 26,302,680× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars.

brightness mag 6.30B8Ia-Iab

Also catalogued as HD 105071 · HIP 59003

8,554 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
26,302,680× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
B8Ia-Iab
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
–
at light speed from Earth
1.48×
as hot as the Sun
26,302,680×
the Sun's light output
-13.70
absolute magnitude
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HR 4611A-type
Sky regionMuscathis direction
StarHR 45788,100 ly
StarHR 46538,200 ly
StarHR 456315,000 ly
StarAlpha Musstar
StarBeta Musstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Musca
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.