K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 2003

HR 2003 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Auriga 286 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,633 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 20.42× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 286 years ago.

286 lybrightness mag 6.29K1III

Also catalogued as HD 38765 · HIP 27625

4,633 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
20.42× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
286 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
20.42×
the Sun's light output
1.57
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.