F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 975

HR 975 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Perseus 179 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,067 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 7.90× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 179 years ago.

179 lybrightness mag 6.30F4Vwvar

Also catalogued as HD 20193 · HIP 15191

7,067 K

temperature

6.30

apparent magnitude

7.90× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F4Vwvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

179 years

at light speed from Earth

1.22×

as hot as the Sun

7.90×

the Sun's light output

2.61

absolute magnitude

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HR 975F-type

Sky regionPerseusthis direction

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Brightness mag 6.3To 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.