K-type star · orange

HR 2078

HR 2078 is an orange in the constellation Camelopardalis 786 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,776 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 156× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 786 years ago.

786 lybrightness mag 6.28K5

Also catalogued as HD 40055 · HIP 28831

3,776 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
156× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
786 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
156×
the Sun's light output
-0.63
absolute magnitude
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HR 2078K-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 239663 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.