K-type star · orange

HR 4268

2,026 lybrightness mag 6.36K2II/III

Also catalogued as HD 94717 · HIP 53151

3,855 K

temperature

6.36

apparent magnitude

960× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2II/III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,026 years

at light speed from Earth

0.67×

as hot as the Sun

960×

the Sun's light output

-2.61

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4268K-type

Sky regionChamaeleonthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3944 →310 ly apart
Pi 2Oct →340 ly apart
HR 5306 →350 ly apart
HR 3544 →350 ly apart
HR 4820 →430 ly apart
HR 4841 →460 ly apart

Bright stars in Chamaeleon

Alp Cha →mag 4.0
Gam Cha →mag 4.1
Bet Cha →mag 4.2
The Cha →mag 4.3
Del2Cha →mag 4.5
Eps Cha →mag 4.9
Kap Cha →mag 5.0
Zet Cha →mag 5.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Chamaeleon

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.