G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Pi¹ Cnc
Pi¹ Cnc is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Cancer 66.4 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,498 K, and it shines at 0.92× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 66 years ago.
Also catalogued as HR 3650 · HD 79096 · HIP 45170 · Gliese Gl 337A
5,498 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
0.92× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
66 years
at light speed from Earth
0.95×
as hot as the Sun
0.92×
the Sun's light output
4.95
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.