M-type star · red

HR 4938

HR 4938 is a red in the constellation Centaurus 1,190 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,582 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 370× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,190 years ago.

1,190 lybrightness mag 6.24M3/M4III

Also catalogued as HD 113523 · HIP 63820

3,582 K

temperature

6.24

apparent magnitude

370× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M3/M4III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,190 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

370×

the Sun's light output

-1.57

absolute magnitude

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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Centaurus

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.