K-type star · orange

HR 2649

HR 2649 is an orange in the constellation Gemini 594 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,965 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 254× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 594 years ago.

594 lybrightness mag 5.14K3III

Also catalogued as HD 52960 · HIP 34033

3,965 K
temperature
5.14
apparent magnitude
254× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
594 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
254×
the Sun's light output
-1.16
absolute magnitude
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HR 2649K-type
Sky regionGeminithis direction
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To 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.