K-type star · orange

HR 2278

1,195 lybrightness mag 6.40K2/K3III

Also catalogued as HD 44267 · HIP 29913

3,861 K

temperature

6.40

apparent magnitude

322× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2/K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,195 years

at light speed from Earth

0.67×

as hot as the Sun

322×

the Sun's light output

-1.42

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2278K-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2023 →110 ly apart
Del Pic →120 ly apart
HR 2089 →120 ly apart
HR 2515 →130 ly apart
HR 2435 →180 ly apart
HR 2117 →190 ly apart

Bright stars in Carina

Miaplacidus →mag 1.7
Avior →mag 1.9
Aspidiske →mag 2.2
The Car →mag 2.7
Ups Car →mag 2.9
Ome Car →mag 3.3
Chi Car →mag 3.5
Eta Car →mag 6.2

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

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.