K-type star · orange

HR 4107

HR 4107 is an orange in the constellation Vela 2,026 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,711 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,970× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.6 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 2,026 years ago.

2,026 lybrightness mag 5.58K3II/III

Also catalogued as HD 90677 · HIP 51140

3,711 K
temperature
5.58
apparent magnitude
1,970× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3II/III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,026 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
1,970×
the Sun's light output
-3.39
absolute magnitude
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HR 4107K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 4063180 ly
StarHD 93206210 ly
StarHR 3868270 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Vela
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.6To 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.