K-type star · orange

HR 2531

HR 2531 is an orange in the constellation Volans 446 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,841 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 46.56× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 446 years ago.

446 lybrightness mag 6.36G8III

Also catalogued as HD 49947 · HIP 32222

4,841 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
46.56× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
446 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
46.56×
the Sun's light output
0.68
absolute magnitude
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HR 2531K-type
Sky regionVolansthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Volans

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.