K-type star · orange

HR 2581

HR 2581 is an orange in the constellation Camelopardalis 509 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,056 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 112× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 509 years ago.

509 lybrightness mag 5.69K4III

Also catalogued as HD 50885 · HIP 33827

4,056 K
temperature
5.69
apparent magnitude
112× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
509 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
112×
the Sun's light output
-0.28
absolute magnitude
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HR 2581K-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 283067 ly
StarHR 204168 ly
StarHR 199471 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Camelopardalis

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.