K-type star · orange

HR 4264

HR 4264 is an orange in the constellation Ursa Major 312 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,466 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 30.76× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 312 years ago.

312 lybrightness mag 6.03K2III

Also catalogued as HD 94669 · HIP 53465

4,466 K

temperature

6.03

apparent magnitude

30.76× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

312 years

at light speed from Earth

0.77×

as hot as the Sun

30.76×

the Sun's light output

1.13

absolute magnitude

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HR 4264K-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Major

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.