G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 2599

HR 2599 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Monoceros 1,418 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,812 K, and it shines at 492× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,418 years ago.

1,418 lybrightness mag 6.31A2V+...

Also catalogued as HD 51424 · HIP 33420

5,812 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
492× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A2V+...
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,418 years
at light speed from Earth
1.01×
as hot as the Sun
492×
the Sun's light output
-1.88
absolute magnitude
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HR 2599G-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
StarHR 250861 ly
StarHR 265694 ly
StarHR 2627130 ly
StarBeta Monstar
StarAlpha Monstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Monoceros
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.