K-type star · orange

HR 2259

322 lybrightness mag 6.24K0

Also catalogued as HD 43821 · HIP 29982

5,078 K

temperature

6.24

apparent magnitude

27.14× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

322 years

at light speed from Earth

0.88×

as hot as the Sun

27.14×

the Sun's light output

1.27

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2259K-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2076 →35 ly apart
HR 2333 →39 ly apart
HR 2280 →43 ly apart
HR 2236 →45 ly apart
135 Tau →49 ly apart
HR 1987 →49 ly apart

Bright stars in Orion

Hatysa →mag 2.8
Tabit →mag 3.2
28Eta Ori →mag 3.4
Meissa →mag 3.4
20Tau Ori →mag 3.6
3Pi 4Ori →mag 3.7
8Pi 5Ori →mag 3.7
48Sig Ori →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To 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.