B-type star · blue-white star

HR 4196

454 lybrightness mag 4.76B3V

Also catalogued as HD 92938 · HIP 52370

12,273 K

temperature

4.76

apparent magnitude

210× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B3V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

454 years

at light speed from Earth

2.13×

as hot as the Sun

210×

the Sun's light output

-0.96

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4196B-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

The Car →2.1 ly apart
HD 93738 →21 ly apart
HR 4219 →23 ly apart
HR 4220 →23 ly apart
HD 92536 →24 ly apart
HR 4326 →25 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 4.8To 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.