K-type star · orange

HR 2098

HR 2098 is an orange in the constellation Columba 786 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,581 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 134× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 786 years ago.

786 lybrightness mag 6.44G8III

Also catalogued as HD 40359 · HIP 28138

4,581 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
134× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
786 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
134×
the Sun's light output
-0.47
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.