K-type star · orange

HR 4279

3,136 lybrightness mag 6.16K1II

Also catalogued as HD 95208 · HIP 53546

3,747 K

temperature

6.16

apparent magnitude

2,767× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

3,136 years

at light speed from Earth

0.65×

as hot as the Sun

2,767×

the Sun's light output

-3.75

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4279K-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HD 93649 →710 ly apart
HR 4120 →740 ly apart
HR 4379 →790 ly apart
HR 4622 →870 ly apart
HD 96088 →960 ly apart
HR 4018 →1,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Carina

Miaplacidus →mag 1.7
Avior →mag 1.9
Aspidiske →mag 2.2
The Car →mag 2.7
Ups Car →mag 2.9
Ome Car →mag 3.3
Chi Car →mag 3.5
Eta Car →mag 6.2

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

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.