M-type star · red

HR 2028

HR 2028 is a red in the constellation Auriga 771 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,678 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 187× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 771 years ago.

771 lybrightness mag 6.04M2II:

Also catalogued as HD 39225 · HIP 27778

3,678 K
temperature
6.04
apparent magnitude
187× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2II:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
771 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
187×
the Sun's light output
-0.83
absolute magnitude
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HR 2028M-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
StarHD 3820044 ly
StarHR 214678 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.