G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

HR 9057

HR 9057 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Andromeda 1,052 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,561 K, and it shines at 357× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,052 years ago.

1,052 lybrightness mag 6.01F8III

Also catalogued as HD 224342 · HIP 118071

5,561 K
temperature
6.01
apparent magnitude
357× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,052 years
at light speed from Earth
0.96×
as hot as the Sun
357×
the Sun's light output
-1.53
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 9057G-type
Sky regionAndromedathis direction
StarHR 901183 ly
StarPsi And90 ly
StarHR 62140 ly
StarAlpheratzstar
StarMirachstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Andromeda
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Andromeda

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.