K-type star · orange

HR 2729

HR 2729 is an orange in the constellation Canis Minor 741 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,323 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 323× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.4 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 741 years ago.

741 lybrightness mag 5.36K0III

Also catalogued as HD 55751 · HIP 34987

4,323 K
temperature
5.36
apparent magnitude
323× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
741 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
323×
the Sun's light output
-1.42
absolute magnitude
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HR 2729K-type
Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction
StarDelta¹ CMi63 ly
StarHR 267683 ly
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StarGomeisastar
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canis Minor
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.4To 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.