K-type star · orange

HR 2567

HR 2567 is an orange in the constellation Canis Major 911 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,937 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 200× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 911 years ago.

911 lybrightness mag 6.33M6III

Also catalogued as HD 50648 · HIP 33040

3,937 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
200× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M6III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
911 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
200×
the Sun's light output
-0.90
absolute magnitude
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HR 2567K-type
Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Major

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.