K-type star · orange

HR 2307

HR 2307 is an orange in the constellation Canis Major 344 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,015 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 28.95× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 344 years ago.

344 lybrightness mag 6.31G8III

Also catalogued as HD 44956 · HIP 30376

5,015 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
28.95× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
344 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
28.95×
the Sun's light output
1.20
absolute magnitude
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HR 2307K-type
Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.