K-type star · orange

HR 2115

HR 2115 is an orange in the constellation Auriga 349 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,299 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 27.95× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 349 years ago.

349 lybrightness mag 6.38K0

Also catalogued as HD 40722 · HIP 28642

4,299 K
temperature
6.38
apparent magnitude
27.95× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
349 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
27.95×
the Sun's light output
1.23
absolute magnitude
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HR 2115K-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
StarHR 20968.6 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Auriga

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.