G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HR 8612
HR 8612 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Aquarius 389 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,332 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 39.96× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 389 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 214448 · HIP 111761
5,332 K
temperature
6.23
apparent magnitude
39.96× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G1IV-V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
389 years
at light speed from Earth
0.92×
as hot as the Sun
39.96×
the Sun's light output
0.85
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.