K-type star · orange

HR 2355

HR 2355 is an orange in the constellation Monoceros 979 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,736 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 267× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 979 years ago.

979 lybrightness mag 6.17M1

Also catalogued as HD 45724 · HIP 30906

3,736 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
267× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
979 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
267×
the Sun's light output
-1.22
absolute magnitude
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HR 2355K-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
StarHR 229289 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.