G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HR 2137
HR 2137 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Auriga 596 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,206 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 86.30× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 596 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 41162 · HIP 28820
5,206 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
86.30× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
596 years
at light speed from Earth
0.90×
as hot as the Sun
86.30×
the Sun's light output
0.01
absolute magnitude
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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.