A-type star · white star
MASCARA-4
7800 K
temperature
1.79 R☉
radius
1.75 M☉
mass
12.2 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 557 ly away
At light speed, about 557 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.35×
as hot as the Sun
1.79×
the Sun's width
1.75×
the Sun's mass
12.23×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 8.2To see it 50 mm binoculars
Illustration generated from MASCARA-4's temperature, not a photograph.