K-type star · orange

56 Ori

1,259 lybrightness mag 4.76K2IIvar

Also catalogued as HR 2037 · HD 39400 · HIP 27750

3,980 K

temperature

4.76

apparent magnitude

1,620× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2IIvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,259 years

at light speed from Earth

0.69×

as hot as the Sun

1,620×

the Sun's light output

-3.17

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

56 OriK-type

Sky regionOrionthis direction

Nearest stars

63 Ori →120 ly apart
HR 1820 →140 ly apart
HR 1803 →150 ly apart
47Ome Ori →150 ly apart
HR 1950 →160 ly apart
33 Ori →170 ly apart

Bright stars in Orion

Hatysa →mag 2.8
Tabit →mag 3.2
28Eta Ori →mag 3.4
Meissa →mag 3.4
20Tau Ori →mag 3.6
3Pi 4Ori →mag 3.7
8Pi 5Ori →mag 3.7
48Sig Ori →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Orion

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.