K-type star · orange

HR 2474

HR 2474 is an orange in the constellation Monoceros 635 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,007 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 111× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 635 years ago.

635 lybrightness mag 6.18K0

Also catalogued as HD 48348 · HIP 32177

4,007 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
111× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
635 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
111×
the Sun's light output
-0.27
absolute magnitude
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HR 2474K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Monoceros

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.