K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4001

HR 4001 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Vela 226 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,234 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 17.03× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 226 years ago.

226 lybrightness mag 5.98K3III

Also catalogued as HD 88399 · HIP 49844

4,234 K
temperature
5.98
apparent magnitude
17.03× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
226 years
at light speed from Earth
0.73×
as hot as the Sun
17.03×
the Sun's light output
1.77
absolute magnitude
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HR 4001K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 408715 ly
StarHR 408024 ly
StarHD 8932825 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Vela

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.