K-type star · orange

HR 2923

HR 2923 is an orange in the constellation Puppis 611 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,821 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 84.10× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 611 years ago.

611 lybrightness mag 6.40K1II

Also catalogued as HD 60951 · HIP 36986

4,821 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
84.10× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
611 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
84.10×
the Sun's light output
0.04
absolute magnitude
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HR 2923K-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
StarHR 296031 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Puppis

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.