K-type star · orange

HR 2561

HR 2561 is an orange in the constellation Lynx 807 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,801 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 207× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 807 years ago.

807 lybrightness mag 6.03K3III

Also catalogued as HD 50551 · HIP 33444

3,801 K
temperature
6.03
apparent magnitude
207× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
807 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
207×
the Sun's light output
-0.94
absolute magnitude
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HR 2561K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.