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HR 2486

HR 2486 is a star in the constellation Lynx 144 ly from Earth. At magnitude 5.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 144 years ago.

144 lybrightness mag 5.54F5V:+...

Also catalogued as HD 48766 · HIP 32609

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temperature

5.54

apparent magnitude

10.38× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F5V:+...

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

144 years

at light speed from Earth

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as hot as the Sun

10.38×

the Sun's light output

2.31

absolute magnitude

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HR 2486star

Sky regionLynxthis direction

Nearest stars

2 Lyn →18 ly apart
Delta Aur →25 ly apart
18 Cam →27 ly apart
HR 3106 →27 ly apart
8 Lyn →30 ly apart
15 Lyn →35 ly apart

Bright stars in Lynx

Alpha Lyn →mag 3.1
38 Lyn →mag 3.8
Alsciaukat →mag 4.3
15 Lyn →mag 4.3
2 Lyn →mag 4.4
21 Lyn →mag 4.6
27 Lyn →mag 4.8
12 Lyn →mag 4.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook 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.