K-type star · orange

HR 2582

HR 2582 is an orange in the constellation Monoceros 1,091 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,510 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 377× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,091 years ago.

1,091 lybrightness mag 6.03G6III:

Also catalogued as HD 50890 · HIP 33243

4,510 K
temperature
6.03
apparent magnitude
377× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,091 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
377×
the Sun's light output
-1.59
absolute magnitude
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HR 2582K-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
StarHR 2624110 ly
Star10 Mon130 ly
Star19 Mon140 ly
StarBeta Monstar
StarAlpha Monstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Monoceros
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To 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.