K-type star · orange

HR 2686

916 lybrightness mag 6.09K2III

Also catalogued as HD 54173 · HIP 34318

4,049 K

temperature

6.09

apparent magnitude

252× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

916 years

at light speed from Earth

0.70×

as hot as the Sun

252×

the Sun's light output

-1.15

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2686K-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

28Ome CMa →41 ly apart
HR 2567 →59 ly apart
HR 2616 →61 ly apart
HR 2774 →72 ly apart
26 CMa →81 ly apart
HR 2755 →95 ly apart

Bright stars in Canis Major

Adhara →mag 1.5
Wezen →mag 1.8
Mirzam →mag 2.0
Aludra →mag 2.5
Furud →mag 3.0
24Omi2CMa →mag 3.0
Nganurganity →mag 3.5
13Kap CMa →mag 3.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Major

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.