K-type star · orange

HR 4318

HR 4318 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus 406 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,884 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 41.53× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 406 years ago.

406 lybrightness mag 6.28G6IV

Also catalogued as HD 96407 · HIP 54264

4,884 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
41.53× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
406 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
41.53×
the Sun's light output
0.80
absolute magnitude
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HR 4318K-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHD 9550916 ly
StarHR 432124 ly
StarHR 436025 ly
StarMenkentstar
StarGamma Censtar
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Centaurus

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.