K-type star · orange

HR 4151

HR 4151 is an orange in the constellation Carina 845 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,952 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 185× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 845 years ago.

845 lybrightness mag 6.25K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 91767 · HIP 51732

3,952 K
temperature
6.25
apparent magnitude
185× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2/K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
845 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
185×
the Sun's light output
-0.82
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.