K-type star · orange

HR 2073

HR 2073 is an orange in the constellation Dorado 1,129 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,089 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 301× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,129 years ago.

1,129 lybrightness mag 6.35G8III

Also catalogued as HD 39963 · HIP 27660

5,089 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
301× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,129 years
at light speed from Earth
0.88×
as hot as the Sun
301×
the Sun's light output
-1.35
absolute magnitude
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HR 2073K-type
Sky regionDoradothis direction
StarHR 233773 ly
StarBeta Dor130 ly
StarHR 1598150 ly
StarAlpha Dorstar
StarGamma Dorstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Dorado
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Dorado

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.