F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 780

HR 780 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Fornax 180 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,295 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 6.81× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 180 years ago.

180 lybrightness mag 6.48F6V

Also catalogued as HD 16589 · HIP 12300

6,295 K

temperature

6.48

apparent magnitude

6.81× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F6V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

180 years

at light speed from Earth

1.09×

as hot as the Sun

6.81×

the Sun's light output

2.77

absolute magnitude

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HR 780F-type

Sky regionFornaxthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.5To 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.