K-type star · orange

HR 2687

HR 2687 is an orange in the constellation Puppis 1,035 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,912 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 227× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,035 years ago.

1,035 lybrightness mag 6.47K3III

Also catalogued as HD 54179 · HIP 34177

3,912 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
227× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,035 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
227×
the Sun's light output
-1.04
absolute magnitude
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HR 2687K-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Puppis

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.