G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 2599

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2599G-type

Sky regionMonocerosthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2508 →61 ly apart
HR 2656 →94 ly apart
HR 2627 →130 ly apart
HR 2731 →190 ly apart
HR 2655 →190 ly apart
HR 2301 →210 ly apart

Bright stars in Monoceros

11Bet Mon →mag 3.8
26Alp Mon →mag 3.9
5Gam Mon →mag 4.0
22Del Mon →mag 4.2
29Zet Mon →mag 4.4
8Eps Mon →mag 4.4
13 Mon →mag 4.5
18 Mon →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

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.