G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun

HR 9077

HR 9077 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Phoenix 265 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,395 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 17.73× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 265 years ago.

265 lybrightness mag 6.28G3IV

Also catalogued as HD 224750 · HIP 25

5,395 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
17.73× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G3IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
265 years
at light speed from Earth
0.93×
as hot as the Sun
17.73×
the Sun's light output
1.73
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 9077G-type
Sky regionPhoenixthis direction
StarTheta Phe21 ly
StarIota Phe27 ly
StarUúba33 ly
StarAnkaastar
StarBeta Phestar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Phoenix
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Phoenix

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.