K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4252

241 lybrightness mag 6.34K2III

Also catalogued as HD 94386 · HIP 53259

4,356 K

temperature

6.34

apparent magnitude

13.80× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

241 years

at light speed from Earth

0.75×

as hot as the Sun

13.80×

the Sun's light output

2.00

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4252K-type

Sky regionCraterthis direction

Nearest stars

42Mu Hya →29 ly apart
HR 4152 →29 ly apart
Phi3Hya →34 ly apart
HR 4214 →36 ly apart
16Kap Crt →38 ly apart
HR 4149 →44 ly apart

Bright stars in Crater

12Del Crt →mag 3.6
15Gam Crt →mag 4.1
Alkes →mag 4.1
11Bet Crt →mag 4.5
21The Crt →mag 4.7
27Zet Crt →mag 4.7
14Eps Crt →mag 4.8
13Lam Crt →mag 5.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Crater

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.