K-type star · orange

HR 2636

HR 2636 is an orange in the constellation Monoceros 577 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,147 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 90.36× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 577 years ago.

577 lybrightness mag 6.20K0

Also catalogued as HD 52611 · HIP 33873

4,147 K
temperature
6.20
apparent magnitude
90.36× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
577 years
at light speed from Earth
0.72×
as hot as the Sun
90.36×
the Sun's light output
-0.04
absolute magnitude
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HR 2636K-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.