K-type star · orange

HR 2184

HR 2184 is an orange in the constellation Orion 1,106 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,034 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 283× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,106 years ago.

1,106 lybrightness mag 6.37K1II

Also catalogued as HD 42351 · HIP 29326

4,034 K
temperature
6.37
apparent magnitude
283× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,106 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
283×
the Sun's light output
-1.28
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Orion

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.