K-type star · orange

HR 2631

HR 2631 is an orange in the constellation Gemini 805 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,767 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 219× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 805 years ago.

805 lybrightness mag 5.96M1.5

Also catalogued as HD 52554 · HIP 33929

3,767 K
temperature
5.96
apparent magnitude
219× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1.5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
805 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
219×
the Sun's light output
-1.00
absolute magnitude
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HR 2631K-type
Sky regionGeminithis direction
Star33 Gem72 ly
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Gemini

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.