A-type star · white star

HR 4397

242 lybrightness mag 6.43A5III/IV

Also catalogued as HD 99015 · HIP 55497

8,148 K

temperature

6.43

apparent magnitude

12.86× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A5III/IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

242 years

at light speed from Earth

1.41×

as hot as the Sun

12.86×

the Sun's light output

2.08

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4397A-type

Sky regionChamaeleonthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4138 →34 ly apart
HR 3393 →37 ly apart
Iot1Mus →38 ly apart
HR 3721 →43 ly apart
HR 4385 →44 ly apart
Kap Oct →52 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.