G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

Delta Vol

Delta Vol is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Volans 738 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,404 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,151× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 738 years ago.

738 lybrightness mag 3.97F6II

Also catalogued as HR 2803 · HD 57623 · HIP 35228

5,404 K
temperature
3.97
apparent magnitude
1,151× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F6II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
738 years
at light speed from Earth
0.94×
as hot as the Sun
1,151×
the Sun's light output
-2.80
absolute magnitude
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Delta VolG-type
Sky regionVolansthis direction
StarHR 288849 ly
StarHR 236086 ly
StarHR 2536110 ly
StarBeta Volstar
StarGamma² Volstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Volans
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Volans

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.