G-type star · yellow, like our Sun
HD 21585
HD 21585 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Taurus 485 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,311 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 52.48× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 485 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 16226
5,311 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
52.48× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
485 years
at light speed from Earth
0.92×
as hot as the Sun
52.48×
the Sun's light output
0.55
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.