K-type star · orange

HR 2041

HR 2041 is an orange in the constellation Camelopardalis 488 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,002 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 62.29× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 488 years ago.

488 lybrightness mag 6.24K0

Also catalogued as HD 39429 · HIP 28205

4,002 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
62.29× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
488 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
62.29×
the Sun's light output
0.36
absolute magnitude
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HR 2041K-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHD 3805826 ly
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Star40 Cam55 ly
StarBeta Camstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Camelopardalis

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.