K-type star · orange

HR 2436

HR 2436 is an orange in the constellation Gemini 421 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,679 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 53.26× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 421 years ago.

421 lybrightness mag 6.09G9III

Also catalogued as HD 47358 · HIP 31813

4,679 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
53.26× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
421 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
53.26×
the Sun's light output
0.53
absolute magnitude
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HR 2436K-type
Sky regionGeminithis direction
StarHR 241730 ly
StarHR 227745 ly
Star44 Gem48 ly
StarPolluxstar
StarAlhenastar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.