K-type star · orange
HR 4006
HR 4006 is an orange in the constellation Leo 513 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,151 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 81.88× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 513 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 88639 · HIP 50109
5,151 K
temperature
6.05
apparent magnitude
81.88× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5III-IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
513 years
at light speed from Earth
0.89×
as hot as the Sun
81.88×
the Sun's light output
0.07
absolute magnitude
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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.