K-type star · orange

HR 2277

HR 2277 is an orange in the constellation Gemini 429 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,515 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 44.59× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 429 years ago.

429 lybrightness mag 6.32G9:III:

Also catalogued as HD 44234 · HIP 30218

4,515 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
44.59× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9:III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
429 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
44.59×
the Sun's light output
0.73
absolute magnitude
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HR 2277K-type
Sky regionGeminithis direction
Star19 Gem26 ly
StarHR 230235 ly
StarHR 219136 ly
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StarAlhenastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Gemini

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.