K-type star · orange

HR 4740

HR 4740 is an orange in the constellation Draco 402 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,677 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 38.90× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 402 years ago.

402 lybrightness mag 6.33G8III:

Also catalogued as HD 108399 · HIP 60699

4,677 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
38.90× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
402 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
38.90×
the Sun's light output
0.88
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.