K-type star · orange

HR 2153

HR 2153 is an orange in the constellation Auriga 417 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,640 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 41.46× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 417 years ago.

417 lybrightness mag 6.34G9III

Also catalogued as HD 41636 · HIP 29114

4,640 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
41.46× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
417 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
41.46×
the Sun's light output
0.81
absolute magnitude
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HR 2153K-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
StarPsi² Aur43 ly
Star43 Aur45 ly
StarHR 182452 ly
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Bright stars in Auriga
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.