F-type star · yellow-white star

HD 26292

HD 26292 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Taurus 203 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,659 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.59× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 203 years ago.

203 lybrightness mag 6.49F2

Also catalogued as HIP 19434

6,659 K
temperature
6.49
apparent magnitude
8.59× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
203 years
at light speed from Earth
1.15×
as hot as the Sun
8.59×
the Sun's light output
2.52
absolute magnitude
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HD 26292F-type
Sky regionTaurusthis direction
StarXi Eri29 ly
StarHR 122430 ly
StarHR 136235 ly
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StarAlcyonestar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Taurus

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.