K-type star · orange

HR 4048

HR 4048 is an orange in the constellation Leo 1,195 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,970 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 316× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,195 years ago.

1,195 lybrightness mag 6.42K0

Also catalogued as HD 89344 · HIP 50516

3,970 K
temperature
6.42
apparent magnitude
316× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,195 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
316×
the Sun's light output
-1.40
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.