K-type star · orange

HR 2023

HR 2023 is an orange in the constellation Pictor 1,245 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,941 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 424× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,245 years ago.

1,245 lybrightness mag 6.19K3III

Also catalogued as HD 39110 · HIP 27317

3,941 K
temperature
6.19
apparent magnitude
424× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,245 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
424×
the Sun's light output
-1.72
absolute magnitude
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HR 2023K-type
Sky regionPictorthis direction
StarDelta Pic93 ly
StarHR 2278110 ly
StarHR 2089160 ly
StarAlpha Picstar
StarGamma Picstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pictor
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pictor

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.