K-type star · orange

HR 2728

HR 2728 is an orange in the constellation Canis Minor 294 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,726 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 36.88× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 294 years ago.

294 lybrightness mag 5.71G6III

Also catalogued as HD 55730 · HIP 35005

4,726 K
temperature
5.71
apparent magnitude
36.88× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G6III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
294 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
36.88×
the Sun's light output
0.93
absolute magnitude
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HR 2728K-type
Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction
Star1 CMi26 ly
StarHR 258434 ly
StarGamma CMi34 ly
StarGomeisastar
Star6 CMistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canis Minor
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook 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.