K-type star · orange

HR 2686

HR 2686 is an orange in the constellation Canis Major 916 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,049 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 252× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 916 years ago.

916 lybrightness mag 6.09K2III

Also catalogued as HD 54173 · HIP 34318

4,049 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
252× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
916 years
at light speed from Earth
0.70×
as hot as the Sun
252×
the Sun's light output
-1.15
absolute magnitude
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HR 2686K-type
Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction
StarOmega CMa41 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Major

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.