G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HD 17245

HD 17245 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Perseus 1,510 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,826 K, and it shines at 491× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,510 years ago.

1,510 lybrightness mag 6.45F5

Also catalogued as HIP 13036

5,826 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
491× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,510 years
at light speed from Earth
1.01×
as hot as the Sun
491×
the Sun's light output
-1.88
absolute magnitude
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HD 17245G-type
Sky regionPerseusthis direction
StarHR 792230 ly
StarHR 849280 ly
StarHR 1072360 ly
StarMirfakstar
StarZeta Perstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Perseus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Perseus

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.