K-type star · orange

HR 4888

294 lybrightness mag 4.33K3/K4III

Also catalogued as HD 111915 · HIP 62867

4,044 K

temperature

4.33

apparent magnitude

131× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3/K4III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

294 years

at light speed from Earth

0.70×

as hot as the Sun

131×

the Sun's light output

-0.45

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4888K-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 113537 →38 ly apart
Matza →39 ly apart
HR 4970 →41 ly apart
HD 109675 →42 ly apart
HR 4951 →42 ly apart
HR 4872 →43 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.3To see it no equipment neededLook 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.