K-type star · orange

HR 2862

605 lybrightness mag 5.09K0III

Also catalogued as HD 59219 · HIP 36114

4,653 K

temperature

5.09

apparent magnitude

276× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

605 years

at light speed from Earth

0.81×

as hot as the Sun

276×

the Sun's light output

-1.25

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2862K-type

Sky regionCarinathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 2971 →38 ly apart
HR 2941 →59 ly apart
HR 2652 →60 ly apart
HR 2698 →68 ly apart
HR 2789 →76 ly apart
HR 2526 →78 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook 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.