K-type star · orange

HR 2278

HR 2278 is an orange in the constellation Carina 1,195 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,861 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 322× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,195 years ago.

1,195 lybrightness mag 6.40K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 44267 · HIP 29913

3,861 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
322× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2/K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,195 years
at light speed from Earth
0.67×
as hot as the Sun
322×
the Sun's light output
-1.42
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

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.