K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 2463

HR 2463 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Lynx 255 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,539 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 16.43× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 255 years ago.

255 lybrightness mag 6.28K0

Also catalogued as HD 47979 · HIP 32261

4,539 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
16.43× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
255 years
at light speed from Earth
0.79×
as hot as the Sun
16.43×
the Sun's light output
1.81
absolute magnitude
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HR 2463K-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
StarHR 229120 ly
StarXi Aur37 ly
StarHR 289438 ly
StarAlpha Lynstar
Star38 Lynstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lynx
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lynx

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.