A-type star · white star

HR 4003

HR 4003 is a white star in the constellation Antlia 498 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,894 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 62.46× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 498 years ago.

498 lybrightness mag 6.28A0V

Also catalogued as HD 88522 · HIP 49967

9,894 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
62.46× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
498 years
at light speed from Earth
1.71×
as hot as the Sun
62.46×
the Sun's light output
0.36
absolute magnitude
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HR 4003A-type
Sky regionAntliathis direction
StarHR 401129 ly
StarHR 393337 ly
StarHR 416250 ly
StarAlpha Antstar
StarEpsilon Antstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Antlia
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Antlia

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.