K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 2594

HR 2594 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Puppis 176 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,772 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.14× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 176 years ago.

176 lybrightness mag 6.24K0/K1III

Also catalogued as HD 51266 · HIP 33139

4,772 K

temperature

6.24

apparent magnitude

8.14× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0/K1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

176 years

at light speed from Earth

0.83×

as hot as the Sun

8.14×

the Sun's light output

2.57

absolute magnitude

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Sky regionPuppisthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Puppis

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.