K-type star · orange

HR 2512

HR 2512 is an orange in the constellation Gemini 416 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,125 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 72.98× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 416 years ago.

416 lybrightness mag 5.72K3II

Also catalogued as HD 49380 · HIP 32740

4,125 K
temperature
5.72
apparent magnitude
72.98× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
416 years
at light speed from Earth
0.71×
as hot as the Sun
72.98×
the Sun's light output
0.19
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 2512K-type
Sky regionGeminithis direction
StarHR 258615 ly
Star47 Gem59 ly
Star49 Aur60 ly
StarPolluxstar
StarAlhenastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Gemini
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Gemini

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.