K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 2463

255 lybrightness mag 6.28K0

Also catalogued as HD 47979 · HIP 32261

4,539 K

temperature

6.28

apparent magnitude

16.43× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

255 years

at light speed from Earth

0.79×

as hot as the Sun

16.43×

the Sun's light output

1.81

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2463K-type

Sky regionLynxthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2291 →20 ly apart
30Xi Aur →37 ly apart
HR 2894 →38 ly apart
47 Cam →39 ly apart
16 Lyn →39 ly apart
21 Lyn →40 ly apart

Bright stars in Lynx

40Alp Lyn →mag 3.1
38 Lyn →mag 3.8
Alsciaukat →mag 4.3
15 Lyn →mag 4.3
2 Lyn →mag 4.4
21 Lyn →mag 4.6
27 Lyn →mag 4.8
12 Lyn →mag 4.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lynx

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.