M-type star · red

HR 4159

1,177 lybrightness mag 4.45K3/K4II

Also catalogued as HD 91942 · HIP 51849

3,644 K

temperature

4.45

apparent magnitude

1,885× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3/K4II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,177 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

1,885×

the Sun's light output

-3.34

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4159M-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HD 93695 →59 ly apart
HR 4074 →59 ly apart
HD 94491 →66 ly apart
HR 4200 →74 ly apart
HD 90966 →120 ly apart
HR 4009 →120 ly apart

Bright stars in Carina

Miaplacidus →mag 1.7
Avior →mag 1.9
Aspidiske →mag 2.2
The Car →mag 2.7
Ups Car →mag 2.9
Ome Car →mag 3.3
Chi Car →mag 3.5
Eta Car →mag 6.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.5To 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.