K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 2594

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2594K-type

Sky regionPuppisthis direction

Nearest stars

Tau Pup →5.9 ly apart
HR 2384 →15 ly apart
HR 2746 →21 ly apart
HR 2672 →22 ly apart
HR 2661 →26 ly apart
HR 2204 →29 ly apart

Bright stars in Puppis

Naos →mag 2.2
Pi Pup →mag 2.7
Tureis →mag 2.8
Tau Pup →mag 2.9
Pipit →mag 3.2
Sig Pup →mag 3.3
Azmidi →mag 3.3
3 Pup →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

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.