K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 2243

HR 2243 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Canis Major 204 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,608 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 13.69× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 204 years ago.

204 lybrightness mag 5.99K1III

Also catalogued as HD 43429 · HIP 29692

4,608 K
temperature
5.99
apparent magnitude
13.69× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
204 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
13.69×
the Sun's light output
2.01
absolute magnitude
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HR 2243K-type
Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction
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Bright stars in Canis Major
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Canis Major

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.