K-type star · orange

HR 2188

HR 2188 is an orange in the constellation Auriga 417 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,624 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 53.16× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 417 years ago.

417 lybrightness mag 6.07K1III

Also catalogued as HD 42466 · HIP 29569

4,624 K
temperature
6.07
apparent magnitude
53.16× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
417 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
53.16×
the Sun's light output
0.54
absolute magnitude
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HR 2188K-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
StarHR 211218 ly
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StarOmicron Aur34 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.