M-type star · red

HR 4066

1,681 lybrightness mag 5.66K5/M0III

Also catalogued as HD 89736 · HIP 50609

3,558 K

temperature

5.66

apparent magnitude

1,260× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5/M0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,681 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

1,260×

the Sun's light output

-2.90

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4066M-type

Sky regionVelathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3943 →160 ly apart
Phi Vel →240 ly apart
HR 4038 →250 ly apart
HR 4063 →280 ly apart
HD 92155 →310 ly apart
HD 95716 →350 ly apart

Bright stars in Vela

Gam2Vel →mag 1.8
Alsephina →mag 1.9
Suhail →mag 2.2
Markeb →mag 2.5
Mu Vel →mag 2.7
Phi Vel →mag 3.5
Psi Vel →mag 3.6
Kalausi →mag 8.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook 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.