G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 7008

HR 7008 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Serpens 1,121 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,281 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 294× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,121 years ago.

1,121 lybrightness mag 6.36F8Ib-II

Also catalogued as HD 172365 · HIP 91499

5,281 K
temperature
6.36
apparent magnitude
294× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8Ib-II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,121 years
at light speed from Earth
0.91×
as hot as the Sun
294×
the Sun's light output
-1.32
absolute magnitude
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HR 7008G-type
Sky regionSerpensthis direction
StarHR 692590 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Serpens

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.