K-type star · orange

HR 2713

HR 2713 is an orange in the constellation Canis Minor 640 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,426 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 116× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 640 years ago.

640 lybrightness mag 6.15K0III

Also catalogued as HD 55184 · HIP 34789

4,426 K
temperature
6.15
apparent magnitude
116× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
640 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
116×
the Sun's light output
-0.31
absolute magnitude
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HR 2713K-type
Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction
StarHR 267629 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Minor

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.