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Loading contentHR 4337 is a hypergiant in the constellation Carina (Carinae).
Class G. Yellow stars like the Sun. On the main sequence they steadily fuse hydrogen into helium. Such stars have surface temperatures around 5,200–6,000 K and appear yellow to the eye.
| Spectral type | G0Ia0 |
| Luminosity class | Ia0 |
| Apparent magnitude | 3.93 |
| Absolute magnitude | -16.07 |
| Luminosity (Sun = 1) | 233,345,806 |
| Colour index (B−V) | 1.225 |
Values are real catalogue data; fields without a reliable value are omitted, never estimated.
A hypergiant is an exceptionally massive and luminous star, losing mass at a tremendous rate. Hypergiants are extraordinarily rare and short-lived.
Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.
Aggregated, openly-licensed star catalogue combining Hipparcos, the Yale Bright Star Catalogue, and the Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars.
High-precision parallax, magnitude, and position for ~118,000 stars.