G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 8448

HR 8448 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Lacerta 140 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,395 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 5.73× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 140 years ago.

140 lybrightness mag 6.11K2III comp

Also catalogued as HD 210334 · HIP 109303

5,395 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
5.73× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III comp
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
140 years
at light speed from Earth
0.93×
as hot as the Sun
5.73×
the Sun's light output
2.95
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 8448G-type
Sky regionLacertathis direction
StarRho Cyg21 ly
StarHR 847231 ly
StarHR 871831 ly
StarStelliostar
Star1 Lacstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lacerta
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lacerta

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.