K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4087

238 lybrightness mag 6.24K0IV

Also catalogued as HD 90170 · HIP 50903

5,040 K

temperature

6.24

apparent magnitude

14.76× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

238 years

at light speed from Earth

0.87×

as hot as the Sun

14.76×

the Sun's light output

1.93

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4087K-type

Sky regionVelathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4001 →15 ly apart
HD 93453 →18 ly apart
HR 3976 →26 ly apart
HD 89328 →33 ly apart
HR 4080 →34 ly apart
HR 3812 →43 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.