K-type star · orange

HR 4111

HR 4111 is an orange in the constellation Vela 731 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,785 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 159× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 731 years ago.

731 lybrightness mag 6.10K4III

Also catalogued as HD 90798 · HIP 51245

3,785 K
temperature
6.10
apparent magnitude
159× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
731 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
159×
the Sun's light output
-0.65
absolute magnitude
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HR 4111K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHR 404536 ly
StarHD 8712299 ly
StarHR 4136110 ly
StarGamma² Velstar
StarAlsephinastar
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.