K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4710

HR 4710 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Musca 162 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,032 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 6.17× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 162 years ago.

162 lybrightness mag 6.36K0IV-V

Also catalogued as HD 107773 · HIP 60417

5,032 K

temperature

6.36

apparent magnitude

6.17× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0IV-V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

162 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

6.17×

the Sun's light output

2.87

absolute magnitude

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HR 4710K-type

Sky regionMuscathis direction

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Brightness mag 6.4To 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.