M-type star · red

HR 2146

HR 2146 is a red in the constellation Auriga 735 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,477 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 174× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 735 years ago.

735 lybrightness mag 6.01M3II comp

Also catalogued as HD 41429 · HIP 28930

3,477 K
temperature
6.01
apparent magnitude
174× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3II comp
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
735 years
at light speed from Earth
0.60×
as hot as the Sun
174×
the Sun's light output
-0.75
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 2146M-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
StarHR 213962 ly
StarHD 3820066 ly
StarHR 202878 ly
StarMenkalinanstar
StarMahasimstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Auriga
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.