K-type star · orange

HR 4099

HR 4099 is an orange in the constellation Vela 320 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,453 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 29.57× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 320 years ago.

320 lybrightness mag 6.13K1III

Also catalogued as HD 90518 · HIP 51077

4,453 K
temperature
6.13
apparent magnitude
29.57× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
320 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
29.57×
the Sun's light output
1.17
absolute magnitude
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HR 4099K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHD 9472431 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.