G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 4013
HR 4013 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Antlia 74.5 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,999 K, and it shines at 1.28× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 75 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 88742 · HIP 50075 · Gliese Gl 385.1
5,999 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
1.28× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
75 years
at light speed from Earth
1.04×
as hot as the Sun
1.28×
the Sun's light output
4.59
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.