K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4994

291 lybrightness mag 6.37K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 114912 · HIP 64682

4,289 K

temperature

6.37

apparent magnitude

19.59× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2/K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

291 years

at light speed from Earth

0.74×

as hot as the Sun

19.59×

the Sun's light output

1.62

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4994K-type

Sky regionMuscathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4977 →18 ly apart
HR 5069 →27 ly apart
Eps Mus →30 ly apart
Alp Mus →31 ly apart
HR 4692 →37 ly apart
HR 5041 →39 ly apart

Bright stars in Musca

Alp Mus →mag 2.7
Bet Mus →mag 3.0
Del Mus →mag 3.6
Lam Mus →mag 3.6
Gam Mus →mag 3.8
Eps Mus →mag 4.1
Mu Mus →mag 4.8
Eta Mus →mag 4.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Musca

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.