K-type star · orange

HR 2987

HR 2987 is an orange in the constellation Canis Minor 679 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,964 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 104× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 679 years ago.

679 lybrightness mag 6.40K0

Also catalogued as HD 62407 · HIP 37723

3,964 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
104× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
679 years
at light speed from Earth
0.69×
as hot as the Sun
104×
the Sun's light output
-0.19
absolute magnitude
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HR 2987K-type
Sky regionCanis Minorthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.