K-type star · orange

HR 4010

HR 4010 is an orange in the constellation Vela 359 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,372 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 36.21× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 359 years ago.

359 lybrightness mag 6.16K2IIICN...

Also catalogued as HD 88693 · HIP 49994

4,372 K
temperature
6.16
apparent magnitude
36.21× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2IIICN...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
359 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
36.21×
the Sun's light output
0.95
absolute magnitude
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HR 4010K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.