K-type star · orange

HR 4770

HR 4770 is an orange in the constellation Virgo 803 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,759 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 201× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 803 years ago.

803 lybrightness mag 6.05K5

Also catalogued as HD 108985 · HIP 61103

3,759 K
temperature
6.05
apparent magnitude
201× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
803 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
201×
the Sun's light output
-0.91
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Virgo

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.