K-type star · orange

HR 2426

HR 2426 is an orange in the constellation Monoceros 497 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,032 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 56.23× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 497 years ago.

497 lybrightness mag 6.39K0

Also catalogued as HD 47156 · HIP 31662

4,032 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
56.23× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
497 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
56.23×
the Sun's light output
0.47
absolute magnitude
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HR 2426K-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.