F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 4012

HR 4012 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Leo 185 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,075 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 10.98× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 185 years ago.

185 lybrightness mag 6.02F9V

Also catalogued as HD 88737 · HIP 50174 · Gliese GJ 3589

6,075 K
temperature
6.02
apparent magnitude
10.98× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F9V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
185 years
at light speed from Earth
1.05×
as hot as the Sun
10.98×
the Sun's light output
2.25
absolute magnitude
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HR 4012F-type
Sky regionLeothis direction
Star51 Leo25 ly
Star40 LMi37 ly
Star34 Leo37 ly
StarAlgiebastar
StarZosmastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Leo
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Leo

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.