K-type star · orange

HR 4256

290 lybrightness mag 5.73G7III:

Also catalogued as HD 94497 · HIP 53377

4,667 K

temperature

5.73

apparent magnitude

35.12× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G7III:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

290 years

at light speed from Earth

0.81×

as hot as the Sun

35.12×

the Sun's light output

0.99

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4256K-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

44 LMi →32 ly apart
51 UMa →39 ly apart
33 LMi →43 ly apart
54 Leo →47 ly apart
HR 4264 →47 ly apart
50 LMi →53 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook 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.