K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 4242

316 lybrightness mag 6.44K2III

Also catalogued as HD 94084 · HIP 53157

4,485 K

temperature

6.44

apparent magnitude

21.76× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

316 years

at light speed from Earth

0.78×

as hot as the Sun

21.76×

the Sun's light output

1.51

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4242K-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4435 →43 ly apart
43 UMa →47 ly apart
60 UMa →53 ly apart
66 UMa →55 ly apart
42 UMa →56 ly apart
HR 4264 →58 ly apart

Bright stars in Ursa Major

Alioth →mag 1.8
Dubhe →mag 1.8
Alkaid →mag 1.9
Merak →mag 2.3
Phecda →mag 2.4
52Psi UMa →mag 3.0
Tania Australis →mag 3.1
Talitha →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Major

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.