K-type star · orange

HR 4321

HR 4321 is an orange in the constellation Centaurus 382 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,397 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 35.74× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 382 years ago.

382 lybrightness mag 6.31K2II

Also catalogued as HD 96484 · HIP 54291

4,397 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
35.74× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
382 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
35.74×
the Sun's light output
0.97
absolute magnitude
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HR 4321K-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHD 9550923 ly
StarHR 431824 ly
StarPi Cen36 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.