K-type star · orange

HR 4909

HR 4909 is an orange in the constellation Canes Venatici 695 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,869 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 198× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 695 years ago.

695 lybrightness mag 5.75M5III

Also catalogued as HD 112264 · HIP 63024

3,869 K
temperature
5.75
apparent magnitude
198× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
695 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
198×
the Sun's light output
-0.89
absolute magnitude
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HR 4909K-type
Sky regionCanes Venaticithis direction
Star65 UMa120 ly
Star3 CVn130 ly
Star2 CVn140 ly
StarCor Carolistar
StarCharastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canes Venatici
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Canes Venatici

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.