K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 2340

HR 2340 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Gemini 225 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,013 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 13.21× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 225 years ago.

225 lybrightness mag 6.24G5

Also catalogued as HD 45506 · HIP 30815

5,013 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
13.21× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
225 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
13.21×
the Sun's light output
2.05
absolute magnitude
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HR 2340K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.