K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 1877

172 lybrightness mag 5.45K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 36848 · HIP 25993

4,262 K

temperature

5.45

apparent magnitude

16.05× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2/K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

172 years

at light speed from Earth

0.74×

as hot as the Sun

16.05×

the Sun's light output

1.84

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1877K-type

Sky regionColumbathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1981 →6.8 ly apart
Gam1Cae →22 ly apart
HR 1557 →26 ly apart
HR 1915 →30 ly apart
Kap Col →31 ly apart
HR 2068 →32 ly apart

Bright stars in Columba

Phact →mag 2.6
Wazn →mag 3.1
Del Col →mag 3.9
Eps Col →mag 3.9
Eta Col →mag 4.0
Gam Col →mag 4.4
Kap Col →mag 4.4
Omi Col →mag 4.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Columba

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.