M-type star · red

HR 4307

HR 4307 is a red in the constellation Hydra 698 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,627 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 106× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 698 years ago.

698 lybrightness mag 6.44M2/M3III

Also catalogued as HD 95857 · HIP 54030

3,627 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
106× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2/M3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
698 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
106×
the Sun's light output
-0.21
absolute magnitude
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HR 4307M-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarChi² Hya57 ly
StarHR 4194100 ly
StarHR 4445100 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.