G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 7368

HR 7368 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Lyra 51.4 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,269 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.61× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 51 years ago.

51.4 lybrightness mag 6.37G8V

Also catalogued as HD 182488 · HIP 95319 · Gliese Gl 758

5,269 K
temperature
6.37
apparent magnitude
0.61× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
51 years
at light speed from Earth
0.91×
as hot as the Sun
0.61×
the Sun's light output
5.38
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lyra

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.