K-type star · orange

HR 2048

HR 2048 is an orange in the constellation Orion 1,406 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,944 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 572× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,406 years ago.

1,406 lybrightness mag 6.13G9II

Also catalogued as HD 39632 · HIP 27900

3,944 K
temperature
6.13
apparent magnitude
572× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,406 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
572×
the Sun's light output
-2.04
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Orion

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.