K-type star · orange dwarf
HD 4917
4802 K
temperature
5.01 R☉
radius
1.32 M☉
mass
28.6 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 666 ly away
At light speed, about 666 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
5.01×
the Sun's width
1.32×
the Sun's mass
28.57×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 8.0To see it 50 mm binoculars
Illustration generated from HD 4917's temperature, not a photograph.