K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4994

HR 4994 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Musca 291 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,289 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 19.59× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 291 years ago.

291 lybrightness mag 6.37K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 114912 · HIP 64682

4,289 K
temperature
6.37
apparent magnitude
19.59× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2/K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
291 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
19.59×
the Sun's light output
1.62
absolute magnitude
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HR 4994K-type
Sky regionMuscathis direction
StarHR 497718 ly
StarHR 506927 ly
StarEpsilon Mus30 ly
StarBeta Musstar
StarDelta Musstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Musca

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.