K-type star · orange

HR 2642

HR 2642 is an orange in the constellation Lynx 388 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,328 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 33.92× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 388 years ago.

388 lybrightness mag 6.40G8III:

Also catalogued as HD 52708 · HIP 34250

4,328 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
33.92× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
388 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
33.92×
the Sun's light output
1.02
absolute magnitude
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HR 2642K-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
Star37 Cam49 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lynx

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.