B-type star · blue-white star

HR 4911

HR 4911 is a blue-white star in the constellation Corvus 640 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,138 K, about 1.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 113× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 640 years ago.

640 lybrightness mag 6.18A0V

Also catalogued as HD 112304 · HIP 63109

10,138 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
113× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
640 years
at light speed from Earth
1.76×
as hot as the Sun
113×
the Sun's light output
-0.28
absolute magnitude
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HR 4911B-type
Sky regionCorvusthis direction
Star54 Vir61 ly
Star50 Vir89 ly
StarPsi Vir110 ly
StarGienahstar
StarKrazstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Corvus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.