K-type star · orange

Kappa Cha

Kappa Cha is an orange in the constellation Chamaeleon 477 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,807 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 179× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 477 years ago.

477 lybrightness mag 5.04K4III

Also catalogued as HR 4605 · HD 104902 · HIP 58905

3,807 K
temperature
5.04
apparent magnitude
179× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
477 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
179×
the Sun's light output
-0.79
absolute magnitude
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Kappa ChaK-type
Sky regionChamaeleonthis direction
StarHD 9867139 ly
StarHD 11508842 ly
StarHR 417045 ly
StarAlpha Chastar
StarGamma Chastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Chamaeleon
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Chamaeleon

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.