K-type star · orange

HR 2542

956 lybrightness mag 6.03K3III:

Also catalogued as HD 50056 · HIP 33044

3,862 K

temperature

6.03

apparent magnitude

290× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

956 years

at light speed from Earth

0.67×

as hot as the Sun

290×

the Sun's light output

-1.31

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2542K-type

Sky regionAurigathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2471 →48 ly apart
HR 2675 →59 ly apart
62 Aur →130 ly apart
HR 2669 →140 ly apart
HR 2189 →150 ly apart
HR 2557 →150 ly apart

Bright stars in Auriga

Menkalinan →mag 1.9
Mahasim →mag 2.6
Hassaleh →mag 2.7
Almaaz →mag 3.0
Haedus →mag 3.2
Saclateni →mag 3.7
33Del Aur →mag 3.7
32Nu Aur →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Auriga

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.