M-type star · red

HR 4120

HR 4120 is a red in the constellation Carina 2,652 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,326 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 4,487× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.3 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 2,652 years ago.

2,652 lybrightness mag 5.27K3Ib

Also catalogued as HD 91056 · HIP 51313

3,326 K
temperature
5.27
apparent magnitude
4,487× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3Ib
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,652 years
at light speed from Earth
0.58×
as hot as the Sun
4,487×
the Sun's light output
-4.28
absolute magnitude
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HR 4120M-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
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Bright stars in Carina
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.3To see it no equipment neededLook toward Carina

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.