K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 2634

HR 2634 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Carina 288 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,389 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 21.30× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 288 years ago.

288 lybrightness mag 6.26K2III

Also catalogued as HD 52603 · HIP 33588

4,389 K
temperature
6.26
apparent magnitude
21.30× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
288 years
at light speed from Earth
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
21.30×
the Sun's light output
1.53
absolute magnitude
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HR 2634K-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
StarHR 268314 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

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.