K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 2894

266 lybrightness mag 5.93K2III

Also catalogued as HD 60294 · HIP 37046

4,466 K

temperature

5.93

apparent magnitude

24.68× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

266 years

at light speed from Earth

0.77×

as hot as the Sun

24.68×

the Sun's light output

1.37

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2894K-type

Sky regionLynxthis direction

Nearest stars

24 Lyn →14 ly apart
21 Lyn →32 ly apart
47 Cam →33 ly apart
27 Lyn →33 ly apart
HR 2914 →34 ly apart
HR 2463 →38 ly apart

Bright stars in Lynx

40Alp Lyn →mag 3.1
38 Lyn →mag 3.8
Alsciaukat →mag 4.3
15 Lyn →mag 4.3
2 Lyn →mag 4.4
21 Lyn →mag 4.6
27 Lyn →mag 4.8
12 Lyn →mag 4.9

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Lynx

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.