F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 4438

brightness mag 6.28A3Iae

Also catalogued as HD 100198 · HIP 56201

6,514 K

temperature

6.28

apparent magnitude

26,791,683× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3Iae

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

1.13×

as hot as the Sun

26,791,683×

the Sun's light output

-13.72

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4438F-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

StarHD 1008263,000 ly

StarHD 1015459,700 ly

StarOmi2Cen10,000 ly

StarMenkentstar

StarGam Censtar

Nearest stars

HD 100826 →3,000 ly apart
HD 101545 →9,700 ly apart
Omi2Cen →10,000 ly apart
Omi1Cen →10,000 ly apart
HR 4511 →11,000 ly apart
HD 101205 →13,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Centaurus

Menkent →mag 2.1
Gam Cen →mag 2.2
Eps Cen →mag 2.3
Eta Cen →mag 2.3
Leepwal →mag 2.5
Del Cen →mag 2.6
Kulou →mag 2.8
Lam Cen →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

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.