K-type star · orange

HR 4257

95.0 lybrightness mag 3.78K0III-IV...

Also catalogued as HD 94510 · HIP 53253 · Gliese Gl 404.1

4,879 K

temperature

3.78

apparent magnitude

22.74× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0III-IV...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

95 years

at light speed from Earth

0.85×

as hot as the Sun

22.74×

the Sun's light output

1.46

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4257K-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4413 →12 ly apart
HR 4167 →19 ly apart
Gacrux →22 ly apart
HR 3598 →25 ly apart
HR 4061 →25 ly apart
Natasha →25 ly apart

Bright stars in Carina

Miaplacidus →mag 1.7
Avior →mag 1.9
Aspidiske →mag 2.2
The Car →mag 2.7
Ups Car →mag 2.9
Ome Car →mag 3.3
Chi Car →mag 3.5
Eta Car →mag 6.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 3.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Carina

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.