A-type star · white star

HR 4713

HR 4713 is a white star in the constellation Centaurus 372 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,559 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 31.48× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 372 years ago.

372 lybrightness mag 6.39F2V

Also catalogued as HD 107833 · HIP 60454

7,559 K

temperature

6.39

apparent magnitude

31.48× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

372 years

at light speed from Earth

1.31×

as hot as the Sun

31.48×

the Sun's light output

1.10

absolute magnitude

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HR 4713A-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

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Bright stars in Centaurus

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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Centaurus

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.