K-type star · orange

HR 2786

HR 2786 is an orange in the constellation Canis Major 1,254 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,851 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 986× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.3 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,254 years ago.

1,254 lybrightness mag 5.29G2II

Also catalogued as HD 57146 · HIP 35427

4,851 K

temperature

5.29

apparent magnitude

986× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

G2II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,254 years

at light speed from Earth

0.84×

as hot as the Sun

986×

the Sun's light output

-2.63

absolute magnitude

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HR 2786K-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

Bright stars in Canis Major

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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.3To see it no equipment neededLook 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.