G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HR 8359
HR 8359 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Pegasus 458 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,323 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 60.15× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 458 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 208110 · HIP 108090
5,323 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
60.15× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G0IIIs
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
458 years
at light speed from Earth
0.92×
as hot as the Sun
60.15×
the Sun's light output
0.40
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.