G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 7914
HR 7914 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Delphinus 68.3 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,925 K, and it shines at 1.02× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 68 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 197076 · HIP 102040 · Gliese Gl 797A
5,925 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
1.02× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
68 years
at light speed from Earth
1.03×
as hot as the Sun
1.02×
the Sun's light output
4.82
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.