K-type star · orange

HR 4709

HR 4709 is an orange in the constellation Octans 731 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,592 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 130× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 731 years ago.

731 lybrightness mag 6.32K0III

Also catalogued as HD 107739 · HIP 60638

4,592 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
130× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
731 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
130×
the Sun's light output
-0.43
absolute magnitude
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HR 4709K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Octans

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.