A-type star · white star
HR 4303
HR 4303 is a white star in the constellation Leo 182 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,665 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 9.71× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 182 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 95771 · HIP 54027
7,665 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
9.71× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F0V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
182 years
at light speed from Earth
1.33×
as hot as the Sun
9.71×
the Sun's light output
2.38
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.