K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 1982

HR 1982 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Lepus 29.3 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,892 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.25× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 29 years ago.

29.3 lybrightness mag 6.13K2 V

Also catalogued as HD 38392 · Gliese Gl 216B

4,892 K

temperature

6.13

apparent magnitude

0.25× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2 V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

29 years

at light speed from Earth

0.85×

as hot as the Sun

0.25×

the Sun's light output

6.37

absolute magnitude

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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lepus

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.