K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 2894

HR 2894 is an orange dwarf in the constellation Lynx 266 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,466 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 24.68× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 266 years ago.

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
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HR 2894K-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
Star24 Lyn14 ly
Star21 Lyn32 ly
Star47 Cam33 ly
StarAlpha Lynstar
Star38 Lynstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lynx
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.