F-type star · yellow-white star
HR 4373
HR 4373 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Hydra 155 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,838 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 5.21× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 155 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 98221 · HIP 55164
6,838 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
5.21× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
155 years
at light speed from Earth
1.18×
as hot as the Sun
5.21×
the Sun's light output
3.06
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.