K-type star · orange

HR 2681

HR 2681 is an orange in the constellation Camelopardalis 424 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,474 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 42.00× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 424 years ago.

424 lybrightness mag 6.36K0

Also catalogued as HD 54070 · HIP 34956

4,474 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
42.00× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
424 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
42.00×
the Sun's light output
0.79
absolute magnitude
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HR 2681K-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 283037 ly
StarHD 6905463 ly
StarHR 366669 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Camelopardalis

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.