K-type star · orange

HR 2445

HR 2445 is an orange in the constellation Columba 1,576 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,415 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 581× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,576 years ago.

1,576 lybrightness mag 6.36K0II

Also catalogued as HD 47475 · HIP 31603

4,415 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
581× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,576 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
581×
the Sun's light output
-2.06
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Columba

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.