K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4207

HR 4207 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Leo 325 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,470 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 24.23× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 325 years ago.

325 lybrightness mag 6.38K1III:

Also catalogued as HD 93244 · HIP 52660

4,470 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
24.23× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
325 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
24.23×
the Sun's light output
1.39
absolute magnitude
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HR 4207K-type
Sky regionLeothis direction
StarHR 408541 ly
Star58 Leo45 ly
StarHR 425350 ly
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StarZosmastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Leo

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.