G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HR 4175
HR 4175 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Vela 646 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,739 K, and it shines at 124× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 646 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 92328 · HIP 52112
5,739 K
temperature
6.10
apparent magnitude
124× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
Am+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
646 years
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
124×
the Sun's light output
-0.38
absolute magnitude
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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.