M-type star · red

HR 2617

HR 2617 is a red in the constellation Camelopardalis 1,144 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,694 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 272× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,144 years ago.

1,144 lybrightness mag 6.49K0III

Also catalogued as HD 52030 · HIP 34238

3,694 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
272× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,144 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
272×
the Sun's light output
-1.24
absolute magnitude
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HR 2617M-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
Star43 Cam170 ly
Star42 Cam230 ly
StarHD 41782240 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Camelopardalis

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.