K-type star · orange

2 Dra

2 Dra is an orange in the constellation Draco 238 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,806 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 38.80× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 238 years ago.

238 lybrightness mag 5.19K0III

Also catalogued as HR 4461 · HD 100696 · HIP 56583

4,806 K
temperature
5.19
apparent magnitude
38.80× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
238 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
38.80×
the Sun's light output
0.88
absolute magnitude
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2 DraK-type
Sky regionDracothis direction
StarHR 462725 ly
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StarHR 412634 ly
StarEltaninstar
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Draco
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Draco

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.