K-type star · orange

HD 94508

brightness mag 6.45K2III

Also catalogued as HIP 53260

3,964 K

temperature

6.45

apparent magnitude

22,908,677× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

0.69×

as hot as the Sun

22,908,677×

the Sun's light output

-13.55

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 94508K-type

Sky regionVelathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4250 →4,700 ly apart
HR 4198 →18,000 ly apart
HR 4169 →18,000 ly apart
HR 4147 →18,000 ly apart
HR 4337 →18,000 ly apart
HR 4276 →19,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Vela

Gam2Vel →mag 1.8
Alsephina →mag 1.9
Suhail →mag 2.2
Markeb →mag 2.5
Mu Vel →mag 2.7
Phi Vel →mag 3.5
Psi Vel →mag 3.6
Kalausi →mag 8.2

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Vela

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.