A-type star · white star
HR 4197
HR 4197 is a white star in the constellation Leo 218 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,194 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 12.11× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 218 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 92941 · HIP 52513
8,194 K
temperature
6.27
apparent magnitude
12.11× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
218 years
at light speed from Earth
1.42×
as hot as the Sun
12.11×
the Sun's light output
2.14
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.