K-type star · orange

HR 2561

807 lybrightness mag 6.03K3III

Also catalogued as HD 50551 · HIP 33444

3,801 K

temperature

6.03

apparent magnitude

207× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

807 years

at light speed from Earth

0.66×

as hot as the Sun

207×

the Sun's light output

-0.94

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2561K-type

Sky regionLynxthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2703 →120 ly apart
23 Lyn →130 ly apart
HR 2809 →140 ly apart
HR 3175 →150 ly apart
HR 2969 →150 ly apart
36 Cam →160 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 6.0To 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.