A-type star · white star

HR 4651

HR 4651 is a white star in the constellation Hydra 419 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,318 K, about 1.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 41.76× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 419 years ago.

419 lybrightness mag 6.34A0V

Also catalogued as HD 106257 · HIP 59622

9,318 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
41.76× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
419 years
at light speed from Earth
1.61×
as hot as the Sun
41.76×
the Sun's light output
0.80
absolute magnitude
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HR 4651A-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 472429 ly
StarHR 471232 ly
StarHR 457135 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.