K-type star · orange

HR 2556

449 lybrightness mag 6.31K0III-IV

Also catalogued as HD 50384 · HIP 33271

4,879 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
49.43× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III-IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
449 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
49.43×
the Sun's light output
0.61
absolute magnitude
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HR 2556K-type
Sky regionAurigathis direction
Star50Psi2Aur47 ly
StarHR 289862 ly
Star63 Aur69 ly
StarMenkalinanstar
StarMahasimstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Auriga
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Auriga

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.