K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4996

235 lybrightness mag 5.84K0IV

Also catalogued as HD 114971 · HIP 64623

4,601 K

temperature

5.84

apparent magnitude

20.91× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

235 years

at light speed from Earth

0.80×

as hot as the Sun

20.91×

the Sun's light output

1.55

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4996K-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

Xi 1Cen →17 ly apart
HR 4973 →26 ly apart
HR 5008 →31 ly apart
HR 5175 →32 ly apart
HR 4782 →35 ly apart
HR 5172 →37 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 5.8To 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.