K-type star · orange

HR 4882

1,792 lybrightness mag 6.26G8Ib/II

Also catalogued as HD 111790 · HIP 62821

4,502 K

temperature

6.26

apparent magnitude

824× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G8Ib/II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,792 years

at light speed from Earth

0.78×

as hot as the Sun

824×

the Sun's light output

-2.44

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4882K-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4556 →360 ly apart
HR 5206 →400 ly apart
HR 5039 →410 ly apart
HR 4472 →410 ly apart
HR 5061 →420 ly apart
HR 4768 →430 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.