F-type star · yellow-white star
HD 141846
HD 141846 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Apus 287 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,950 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 18.55× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 287 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 78360
6,950 K
temperature
6.40
apparent magnitude
18.55× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F3IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
287 years
at light speed from Earth
1.20×
as hot as the Sun
18.55×
the Sun's light output
1.68
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.