G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Psi Cnc
Psi Cnc is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Cancer 135 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,206 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 7.61× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 135 years ago.
Also catalogued as HR 3191 · HD 67767 · HIP 40023
5,206 K
temperature
5.73
apparent magnitude
7.61× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
135 years
at light speed from Earth
0.90×
as hot as the Sun
7.61×
the Sun's light output
2.65
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Nearest stars
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
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.