K-type star · orange

HR 2604

HR 2604 is an orange in the constellation Puppis 632 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,161 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 102× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 632 years ago.

632 lybrightness mag 6.27K2III

Also catalogued as HD 51682 · HIP 33394

4,161 K
temperature
6.27
apparent magnitude
102× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
632 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
102×
the Sun's light output
-0.17
absolute magnitude
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HR 2604K-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.