B-type star · blue-white star

HR 4172

HR 4172 is a blue-white star in the constellation Hydra 363 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 10,213 K, about 1.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 41.46× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 363 years ago.

363 lybrightness mag 6.04A0Vn

Also catalogued as HD 92245 · HIP 52113

10,213 K
temperature
6.04
apparent magnitude
41.46× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A0Vn
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
363 years
at light speed from Earth
1.77×
as hot as the Sun
41.46×
the Sun's light output
0.81
absolute magnitude
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HR 4172B-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 423332 ly
StarHR 430545 ly
StarHR 409253 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.