K-type star · orange

HR 2982

HR 2982 is an orange in the constellation Canis Minor 561 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,633 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 87.82× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 561 years ago.

561 lybrightness mag 6.17K0III

Also catalogued as HD 62264 · HIP 37614

4,633 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
87.82× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
561 years
at light speed from Earth
0.80×
as hot as the Sun
87.82×
the Sun's light output
-0.01
absolute magnitude
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HR 2982K-type
Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction
StarHD 6383835 ly
StarDelta³ CMi41 ly
StarHR 306166 ly
StarGomeisastar
StarGamma CMistar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canis Minor
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Minor

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.