K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 2460

HR 2460 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Canis Major 239 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,442 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 24.62× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 239 years ago.

239 lybrightness mag 5.70K1III

Also catalogued as HD 47946 · HIP 31870

4,442 K
temperature
5.70
apparent magnitude
24.62× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
239 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
24.62×
the Sun's light output
1.37
absolute magnitude
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HR 2460K-type
Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction
StarDelta Col20 ly
StarHR 263725 ly
StarHR 218045 ly
StarAdharastar
StarWezenstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canis Major
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Canis Major

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.