K-type star · orange
HR 4269
HR 4269 is an orange in the constellation Leo 753 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,721 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 158× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 753 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 94720 · HIP 53472
3,721 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
158× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
753 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
158×
the Sun's light output
-0.65
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.