A-type star · white star

HR 4628

HR 4628 is a white star in the constellation Hydra 322 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,766 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 29.21× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 322 years ago.

322 lybrightness mag 6.16A0V

Also catalogued as HD 105686 · HIP 59307

9,766 K
temperature
6.16
apparent magnitude
29.21× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
322 years
at light speed from Earth
1.69×
as hot as the Sun
29.21×
the Sun's light output
1.19
absolute magnitude
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HR 4628A-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarBeta Hya24 ly
StarHR 471432 ly
StarHR 485056 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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Bright stars in Hydra
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.