K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4001

226 lybrightness mag 5.98K3III

Also catalogued as HD 88399 · HIP 49844

4,234 K

temperature

5.98

apparent magnitude

17.03× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

226 years

at light speed from Earth

0.73×

as hot as the Sun

17.03×

the Sun's light output

1.77

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4001K-type

Sky regionVelathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4087 →15 ly apart
HR 4080 →24 ly apart
HD 89328 →25 ly apart
HR 3976 →27 ly apart
HD 93453 →29 ly apart
HR 3823 →36 ly apart

Bright stars in Vela

Gam2Vel →mag 1.8
Alsephina →mag 1.9
Suhail →mag 2.2
Markeb →mag 2.5
Mu Vel →mag 2.7
Phi Vel →mag 3.5
Psi Vel →mag 3.6
Kalausi →mag 8.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Vela

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.