K-type star · orange

HR 4308

HR 4308 is an orange in the constellation Crater 540 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,106 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 69.50× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 540 years ago.

540 lybrightness mag 6.34G8III

Also catalogued as HD 95870 · HIP 54048

5,106 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
69.50× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
540 years
at light speed from Earth
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
69.50×
the Sun's light output
0.24
absolute magnitude
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HR 4308K-type
Sky regionCraterthis direction
StarHR 425552 ly
StarPsi Crt63 ly
StarHR 429770 ly
StarDelta Crtstar
StarGamma Crtstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Crater

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.