K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4720

HR 4720 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Musca 158 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,828 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 6.24× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 158 years ago.

158 lybrightness mag 6.29G8/K0IV

Also catalogued as HD 108054 · HIP 60601

4,828 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
6.24× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8/K0IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
158 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
6.24×
the Sun's light output
2.86
absolute magnitude
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HR 4720K-type
Sky regionMuscathis direction
StarHR 47106.8 ly
StarHR 479012 ly
StarHD 10348218 ly
StarAlpha Musstar
StarBeta Musstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Musca
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.