K-type star · orange
HR 4245
HR 4245 is an orange in the constellation Leo 896 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,789 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 197× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 896 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 94237 · HIP 53167
3,789 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
197× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
896 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
197×
the Sun's light output
-0.88
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.