K-type star · orange

HR 2310

HR 2310 is an orange in the constellation Monoceros 2,696 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,134 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,864× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,695 years ago.

2,696 lybrightness mag 6.26K1Iabv SB

Also catalogued as HD 44990 · HIP 30541

5,134 K
temperature
6.26
apparent magnitude
1,864× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1Iabv SB
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,695 years
at light speed from Earth
0.89×
as hot as the Sun
1,864×
the Sun's light output
-3.33
absolute magnitude
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HR 2310K-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Monoceros

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.