M-type star · red

HR 4066

HR 4066 is a red in the constellation Vela 1,681 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,558 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,260× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,681 years ago.

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
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HR 4066M-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 3943160 ly
StarPhi Vel240 ly
StarHR 4038250 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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.