K-type star · orange

HR 4170

HR 4170 is an orange in the constellation Chamaeleon 463 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,299 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 53.55× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 463 years ago.

463 lybrightness mag 6.29K2III

Also catalogued as HD 92209 · HIP 51835

4,299 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
53.55× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
463 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
53.55×
the Sun's light output
0.53
absolute magnitude
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HR 4170K-type
Sky regionChamaeleonthis direction
StarHR 410520 ly
StarHD 9867141 ly
StarKappa Cha45 ly
StarAlpha Chastar
StarBeta Chastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Chamaeleon
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Chamaeleon

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.