K-type star · orange

HR 2178

368 lybrightness mag 6.48K1III

Also catalogued as HD 42168 · HIP 28988

4,385 K

temperature

6.48

apparent magnitude

28.31× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

368 years

at light speed from Earth

0.76×

as hot as the Sun

28.31×

the Sun's light output

1.22

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2178K-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

Pipit →38 ly apart
HR 2262 →53 ly apart
HR 2444 →57 ly apart
Xi Col →61 ly apart
HR 2626 →65 ly apart
HR 2316 →66 ly apart

Bright stars in Puppis

Naos →mag 2.2
Pi Pup →mag 2.7
Tureis →mag 2.8
Tau Pup →mag 2.9
Pipit →mag 3.2
Sig Pup →mag 3.3
Azmidi →mag 3.3
3 Pup →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Puppis

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.