K-type star · orange

HR 2555

HR 2555 is an orange in the constellation Monoceros 385 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,836 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 36.58× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 385 years ago.

385 lybrightness mag 6.30K0III

Also catalogued as HD 50371 · HIP 33082

4,836 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
36.58× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
385 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
36.58×
the Sun's light output
0.94
absolute magnitude
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HR 2555K-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.