K-type star · orange

HR 2876

HR 2876 is an orange in the constellation Monoceros 1,907 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,338 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 951× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,907 years ago.

1,907 lybrightness mag 6.24K0

Also catalogued as HD 59669 · HIP 36526

4,338 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
951× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,907 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
951×
the Sun's light output
-2.60
absolute magnitude
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HR 2876K-type
Sky regionMonocerosthis direction
StarHR 2732210 ly
StarHR 2694300 ly
StarHR 2897330 ly
StarBeta Monstar
StarAlpha Monstar
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Bright stars in Monoceros
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Monoceros

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.