K-type star · orange dwarf
HR 4249
HR 4249 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Leo 259 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,962 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 19.52× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 259 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 94363 · HIP 53240
4,962 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
19.52× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
259 years
at light speed from Earth
0.86×
as hot as the Sun
19.52×
the Sun's light output
1.62
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.