K-type star · orange

HR 4649

HR 4649 is an orange in the constellation Chamaeleon 365 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,243 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 31.80× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 365 years ago.

365 lybrightness mag 6.34K2/K3IIICN.

Also catalogued as HD 106248 · HIP 59647

4,243 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
31.80× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2/K3IIICN.
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
365 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
31.80×
the Sun's light output
1.09
absolute magnitude
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HR 4649K-type
Sky regionChamaeleonthis direction
StarEpsilon Cha6.3 ly
StarHR 450730 ly
StarDelta² Cha31 ly
StarAlpha Chastar
StarGamma Chastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Chamaeleon
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Chamaeleon

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.