K-type star · orange

HR 4779

161 lybrightness mag 5.58G8III/IV

Also catalogued as HD 109272 · HIP 61296

5,103 K

temperature

5.58

apparent magnitude

12.44× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8III/IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

161 years

at light speed from Earth

0.88×

as hot as the Sun

12.44×

the Sun's light output

2.11

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4779K-type

Sky regionCorvusthis direction

Nearest stars

Gienah →19 ly apart
HR 4547 →31 ly apart
Kraz →32 ly apart
HR 4529 →36 ly apart
HR 4776 →37 ly apart
HR 4699 →41 ly apart

Bright stars in Corvus

Gienah →mag 2.6
Kraz →mag 2.6
Algorab →mag 2.9
2Eps Crv →mag 3.0
Alchiba →mag 4.0
8Eta Crv →mag 4.3
5Zet Crv →mag 5.2
3 Crv →mag 5.5

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Corvus

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.