A-type star · white star

HR 4388

HR 4388 is a white star in the constellation Ursa Major 264 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,478 K, about 1.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 15.25× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 264 years ago.

264 lybrightness mag 6.43A7Vn

Also catalogued as HD 98673 · HIP 55485

8,478 K

temperature

6.43

apparent magnitude

15.25× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A7Vn

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

264 years

at light speed from Earth

1.47×

as hot as the Sun

15.25×

the Sun's light output

1.89

absolute magnitude

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HR 4388A-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Major

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.