G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
54 Cnc
54 Cnc is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Cancer 125 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,710 K, and it shines at 3.65× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 125 years ago.
Also catalogued as HR 3510 · HD 75528 · HIP 43454
5,710 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
3.65× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G2IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
125 years
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
3.65×
the Sun's light output
3.44
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.