K-type star · orange

HR 4154

HR 4154 is an orange in the constellation Vela 1,136 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,892 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 388× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,136 years ago.

1,136 lybrightness mag 6.09G8/K0II/III

Also catalogued as HD 91805 · HIP 51816

4,892 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
388× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8/K0II/III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,136 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
388×
the Sun's light output
-1.62
absolute magnitude
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HR 4154K-type
Sky regionVelathis direction
StarHD 88015130 ly
StarHR 3912180 ly
StarHR 4143190 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.