F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 4298

HR 4298 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Hydra 102 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,269 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 3.23× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 102 years ago.

102 lybrightness mag 6.06F8V

Also catalogued as HD 95456 · HIP 53818

6,269 K

temperature

6.06

apparent magnitude

3.23× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F8V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

102 years

at light speed from Earth

1.09×

as hot as the Sun

3.23×

the Sun's light output

3.58

absolute magnitude

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HR 4298F-type

Sky regionHydrathis direction

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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.