G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
42 Cap
Also catalogued as HR 8283 · HD 206301 · HIP 107095
5,699 K
temperature
5.16
apparent magnitude
8.30× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
108 years
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
8.30×
the Sun's light output
2.55
absolute magnitude
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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.