K-type star · orange

2 Aur

602 lybrightness mag 4.79K3III

Also catalogued as HR 1551 · HD 30834 · HIP 22678

3,928 K

temperature

4.79

apparent magnitude

360× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

602 years

at light speed from Earth

0.68×

as hot as the Sun

360×

the Sun's light output

-1.54

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

2 AurK-type

Sky regionAurigathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1500 →48 ly apart
HR 1626 →70 ly apart
HR 1794 →74 ly apart
HR 1371 →86 ly apart
HR 1825 →88 ly apart
HR 1722 →88 ly apart

Bright stars in Auriga

Menkalinan →mag 1.9
Mahasim →mag 2.6
Hassaleh →mag 2.7
Almaaz →mag 3.0
Haedus →mag 3.2
Saclateni →mag 3.7
33Del Aur →mag 3.7
32Nu Aur →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Auriga

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.