K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4087

HR 4087 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Vela 238 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,040 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 14.76× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 238 years ago.

238 lybrightness mag 6.24K0IV

Also catalogued as HD 90170 · HIP 50903

5,040 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
14.76× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
238 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
14.76×
the Sun's light output
1.93
absolute magnitude
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HR 4087K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 400115 ly
StarHD 9345318 ly
StarHR 397626 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.