K-type star · orange

HR 2151

HR 2151 is an orange in the constellation Pictor 959 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,782 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 206× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 959 years ago.

959 lybrightness mag 6.41M4III

Also catalogued as HD 41586 · HIP 28596

3,782 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
206× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
959 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
206×
the Sun's light output
-0.93
absolute magnitude
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HR 2151K-type
Sky regionPictorthis direction
StarBeta Dor86 ly
StarHR 2337160 ly
StarHR 2073190 ly
StarAlpha Picstar
StarGamma Picstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pictor
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pictor

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.