K-type star · orange

HR 2953

HR 2953 is an orange in the constellation Gemini 1,102 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,962 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 320× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,102 years ago.

1,102 lybrightness mag 6.23K0

Also catalogued as HD 61630 · HIP 37404

3,962 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
320× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,102 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
320×
the Sun's light output
-1.41
absolute magnitude
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HR 2953K-type
Sky regionGeminithis direction
StarEpsilon CMi120 ly
StarHR 3104140 ly
StarHD 54986170 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Gemini

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.