G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 2044

HR 2044 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Pictor 700 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,449 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 119× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 700 years ago.

700 lybrightness mag 6.32K0/K1III

Also catalogued as HD 39547 · HIP 27583

5,449 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
119× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0/K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
700 years
at light speed from Earth
0.94×
as hot as the Sun
119×
the Sun's light output
-0.34
absolute magnitude
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HR 2044G-type
Sky regionPictorthis direction
StarHR 211429 ly
StarHR 174290 ly
StarKappa Pic90 ly
StarAlpha Picstar
StarGamma Picstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pictor
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.