G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 5353
HR 5353 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Virgo 106 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,524 K, and it shines at 2.38× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 106 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 125184 · HIP 69881 · Gliese Gl 541.1
5,524 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
2.38× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F9V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
106 years
at light speed from Earth
0.96×
as hot as the Sun
2.38×
the Sun's light output
3.91
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.