K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4506

255 lybrightness mag 6.21G8IV

Also catalogued as HD 101695 · HIP 57079

4,869 K

temperature

6.21

apparent magnitude

17.49× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

255 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

17.49×

the Sun's light output

1.74

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4506K-type

Sky regionCraterthis direction

Nearest stars

30Eta Crt →21 ly apart
HR 4655 →38 ly apart
HR 4558 →42 ly apart
16Kap Crt →45 ly apart
HR 4489 →53 ly apart
21The Crt →55 ly apart

Bright stars in Crater

12Del Crt →mag 3.6
15Gam Crt →mag 4.1
Alkes →mag 4.1
11Bet Crt →mag 4.5
21The Crt →mag 4.7
27Zet Crt →mag 4.7
14Eps Crt →mag 4.8
13Lam Crt →mag 5.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Crater

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.