K-type star · orange

HR 2043

HR 2043 is an orange in the constellation Columba 703 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,835 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 104× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 703 years ago.

703 lybrightness mag 6.47K3III

Also catalogued as HD 39543 · HIP 27705

3,835 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
104× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
703 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
104×
the Sun's light output
-0.20
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Columba

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.