K-type star · orange

HR 4279

HR 4279 is an orange in the constellation Carina 3,136 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,747 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2,767× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 3,136 years ago.

3,136 lybrightness mag 6.16K1II

Also catalogued as HD 95208 · HIP 53546

3,747 K
temperature
6.16
apparent magnitude
2,767× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
3,136 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
2,767×
the Sun's light output
-3.75
absolute magnitude
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HR 4279K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.