G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
HR 108
HR 108 is a yellow dwarf much like our Sun in the constellation Cetus 105 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 5,991 K, and it shines at 2.40× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 105 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 2475 · HIP 2237
5,991 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
2.40× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G3V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
105 years
at light speed from Earth
1.04×
as hot as the Sun
2.40×
the Sun's light output
3.90
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.