G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HD 123227
HD 123227 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Centaurus 152 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,742 K, and it shines at 4.96× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 152 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 69012
5,742 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
4.96× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
152 years
at light speed from Earth
0.99×
as hot as the Sun
4.96×
the Sun's light output
3.11
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.