K-type star · orange

HR 2406

HR 2406 is an orange in the constellation Monoceros 1,531 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,782 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 815× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,531 years ago.

1,531 lybrightness mag 5.93K4III

Also catalogued as HD 46709 · HIP 31448

3,782 K
temperature
5.93
apparent magnitude
815× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,531 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
815×
the Sun's light output
-2.43
absolute magnitude
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HR 2406K-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
StarHR 2409240 ly
Star35 Gem270 ly
StarHR 2048290 ly
StarBeta Monstar
StarAlpha Monstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Monoceros
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.