K-type star · orange

HR 2434

HR 2434 is an orange in the constellation Auriga 692 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,266 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 113× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 692 years ago.

692 lybrightness mag 6.35K1III

Also catalogued as HD 47270 · HIP 31889

4,266 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
113× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
692 years
at light speed from Earth
0.74×
as hot as the Sun
113×
the Sun's light output
-0.28
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Auriga

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.