F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 535

HR 535 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Fornax 89.2 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,286 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1.85× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 89 years ago.

89.2 lybrightness mag 6.37F6V

Also catalogued as HD 11262 · HIP 8514

6,286 K
temperature
6.37
apparent magnitude
1.85× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F6V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
89 years
at light speed from Earth
1.09×
as hot as the Sun
1.85×
the Sun's light output
4.18
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Fornax

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.